Individual Assignment $3$

$60$ Marks $(20\%$ of the overall grade for the course$)$

Outsourcing and Mergers and Acquisitions

Before you begin, please review How Written Assignments will be Marked $($in Assignments$/$Individual Assignments$).$

Review the Case Study, then answer the following questions. Prepare your answers according to the $$General Instructions for Written Assignments$,$ and consult the Timeline for the due date for this assignment.

$1.$ Recently a major transportation company in Canada approached NorOnt and indicated that they could provide all the organization$$s transportation needs between plants and to customers for a thirty percent decrease in their transportation costs. To this point in its history, NorOnt had managed transportation internally and this outsourcing opportunity looks like a great deal. Is it$?$ The VP of Finance, Dean Ellerton has asked you to investigate it$.$ Explain in detail the implications of NorOnt proceeding with this outsourcing decision. $(20$ marks$)$