e a plumber. This is one type of outsourcing and is a question that many companies have been asking for a long time. Should they keep sending their employees to classes to learn the newest technologies or should they just pay some other company to do it? There are roughly four different types of outsourcing: traditional, peripheral activities, critical activities and processes, and strategic and problem solving activities. I will expand on each of these types next.
             The first type of outsourcing is known as traditional outsourcing. This type offers relatively low risk and can include such things as a basic training course or other components. Some of the drivers affecting the buyer's decision at this stage are cost and TQM. For cost a company would compare the cost to purchase a product from a supplier and the amount it would cost them to make it in-house. Say, for example, that a company can make you a widget for one hundred dollars. After calculating the price that it would cost you to make it you determine that it would cost you
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