Critical Thinking

In today’s highly competitive, extremely variable and dynamic environment, many firms are seeking solutions. Supply  chain  management  becomes  more sophisticated  and  the  difference  between  what firms  want  to  achieve  and  what  they  can  do  in-house continues to grow, firms begin to realize that doing the right thing becomes more interesting than doing everything.  Accordingly, they becoming better focused and more specialized by outsourcing and offshoring activities that are far from their core businesses. In many cases, firms decide to outsource this function in whole or in part to agents or third party logistics firms.

Using this concept of offshoring and outsourcing answer the following questions by conceding any Saudi Local company or any Multinational company.

Question:

1. What are the roles of Third party logistics firms in a smooth running of Supply chain process of a multinational organization? (1.5 Mark)

2. What are the motivational factors companies going internationally? (1.5 Mark)

3. On what ground companies choose developing countries location for offshoring. Use examples. (Mention the country and decisive factors) (1.5 Mark)

4. References (Use APA style of referencing (0.5 Mark)

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