Evaluating Make vs. Buy Strategies

When it comes to designing and engineering products, the decision to make or buy certain components of that product can have a drastic effect on the lifecycle, cost, and performance of said product. In this episode, we discuss the important dynamics around what should considered when deciding between making a product in-house or outsourcing that production and the various strategies companies should deploy when engaging in those conversations.  

 

Guests:

Anatoli Lukkarinen, Manager and Technology Advisor for Avnet’s Embedded Computing Division

Brian Higgins, Partner and Principal Advisor at KPMG