Other reasons for taking the sole sourcing route

Some substantial outsourcing arrangements have started on a small scale, possibly with an IT facilities management contract and then graduated to a full outsourcing as a natural result of the provider doing a good job.

Other outsourcings have resulted from consultancy assignments where because the consultant’s people detailed the advantages and the path to follow to outsourcing, and because the consultancy was also an outsourcing service provider, it appeared neither fair nor logical to involve competitors. This has been particularly true where the opportunity for a joint venture between the two parties has been isolated.

Many organizations that have chosen the sole sourcing route will nevertheless ...

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