Credit Markets Affect Sourcing
Manufacturing outsourcing contracts offer fewer discounts, says consultant.
The continued shrinkage in the credit market is having a dramatic effect on the pricing of long term outsourcing deals, says a new study of contracts by Compass Management Consulting. Analyzing 125 outsourcing deals over the last two years shows discounts in the initial years are no longer available as outsourcers are now unwilling, or unable, to fund losses in the early years of their contracts.
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