Strategic outsourcing, innovation and global supply chains : a case study from the aviation industry / Luigi Cantone, Pierpaolo Testa, and Giuseppe Fabio Cantone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cantone, Luigi, author.

Testa, Pierpaolo, author.

Cantone, Giuseppe Fabio, author.

Series:

Routledge-Giappichelli studies in business and management.

Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Business and Management Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Contracting out.

Business logistics.

Aircraft industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

Decision-making on outsourcing new product development (especially innovation projects), such as engaging and managing the supply chain, is far from easy. It may involve addressing strategic and operational risks that might cause longer development times and increase innovations costs. It is, therefore, imperative to select suppliers very carefully and set up an effective management strategy vis--vis the supply partners right from the inception phase. Supply chain management is facing enormous challenges, driven by interrelated disruptions that will have a vast and lasting impact. Based on a relevant case study, Boeing 787 Dreamliner programme, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the decision-making models for outsourcing strategic activities. The proposed model suggests a valuable approach to outsourcing the decision-making strategies for new product development when the innovation is driven by technological innovation.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Foreword

Introduction

1. Outsourcing in times of disruption

1.1. Introduction

1.2. In search of a supply chain in times of disruption

1.2.1. Disruption from digital technologies

1.2.2. Disruption from social and environmental sustainability

1.2.3. Disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine

1.3. The Gruppo Schiano case study: How shifts in customer behaviour drive innovation in the bicycle industry manufacturing paradigm and supply chain

1.3.1. Introduction

1.3.2. Highlights of the bicycle market

1.3.3. The history of the bicycle industry

1.3.4. The company profile

1.3.5. From mass production to mass customization

1.3.6. Conclusions and implications for management

2. Theories of the firm and implications for outsourcing

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Transaction Cost Economics Theory (TCET)

2.3. Resource-Based Theory (RBT)

2.4. Competence-Based Competition Theory (CBCT)

2.5. Strategic Assets Theory (SAT)

2.6. Dynamic Capability Theory (DCT)

2.7. Knowledge-Based Theory (KBT)

2.8. Open Innovation Theory (OIT)

2.9. Network Theory (NT) and Supply-Chain Network Theory (SCNT)

3. A review of existing models in the strategic outsourcing literature

3.1. Outsourcing decision-making and types of outsourcing

3.2. Kraljic's portfolio-purchasing model

3.3. Quinn's model

3.4. Baden-Fuller et al. model

3.5. Sislian and Satir's model

3.6. McIvor's model

3.7. Becker and Zirpoli's model

4. A case study. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner programme: leveraging the capabilities of the global and collaborative supply-partner network through technological disruption in the aircraft industry

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Methodology.

4.2.1. Empirical research based on case study

4.2.2. The sample of companies involved in the case study

4.3. The perspective of the OEM: the rationale behind the launch of the B787-8 programme

4.3.1. Difficulties and delays in the B787-8 programme

4.3.2. The mitigation strategy for solving difficulties along the supply chain

4.4. The "Small prime" contractor's perspective: Leonardo and the rationale behind the decision to join the B787-8 programme

4.4.1. How Leonardo exploited and explored new core competencies through the B787-8 Dreamliner programme

4.4.2. Leonardo's perspective on supply chain management in the B787-8 programme

4.5. The tier-2 perspective: Dema and the rationale behind the decision to join the B787-8 programme

4.5.1. A new approach to supply-chain management for the Boeing 787-9 programme

4.5.2. Exploiting Dema's new competencies through the B787-8 programme

4.6. The tier-2 Geven perspective: the rationale behind the decision to join the B787-8 programme

4.7. Discussion points

4.8. Findings

4.9. Conclusions and implications for management

5. Proposing a conceptual decision-making model for outsourcing new product development

5.1. Research questions, research propositions, and decision-making model

5.2. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner: a case of technological disruption in the aircraft industry

5.3. The conceptual decision-making model applied to the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner programme

5.4. Management implications, limits and future directions

Afterword - The supply chain in the aviation industry: an insider's perspective

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003377474

1003377475

9781000862324

1000862321

9781000862348

1000862348

OCLC:

1374431236