Reference no: EM13304470

Individual home assignment outsourcing:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a manufacturing company owning and operating its own outbound warehouse compared to having a logistics service provider (LSP) providing the warehousing capacity and performing the operations?  

(Please consider the manufacturing company to produce a wide range of finished goods that are sold to end-customers via many different small and large retailers.)      

When starting with this assignment it may be a good idea to first look for general advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing in the literature or on the internet and then, in a second step, for your write-up consider the specific setting of your assignment.