This Individual Case Study 2 assignment allows you to choose the business process that will be outsourced. You must first decide on the company, and if you use a real one, please do not reveal any names or trade secrets. This may also be a fictitious organization if you choose to use one. You design the product or service that will be outsourced.

Create an executive summary document outlining the entire outsourcing and contracting process for those business processes that you decide to outsource. Your analysis must include the items below.

• It must include an analysis on which business processes you would outsource versus those that you would maintain in-house. You need to justify your decision for each business process maintained in-house or outsourced (e.g., accounting, editorial, photography, publishing, distribution, printing, layout, advertising, editing, articles, etc.).
• For those services that you intend to outsource, provide the following.
  • Establish the preliminary performance targets and level of service that will be required from the selected vendors.
  • Establish the type of contract that you will use for each contract (i.e., fixed, cost-plus, reimbursable, unit).
  • Determine the evaluation criteria that you will use to select the preferred vendor(s) (e.g., low price, best value, etc.). Are there different evaluation criteria for different business units? Why?
  • Identify the number of vendors that you will select to provide the services that will be outsourced (i.e., one vendor for all services versus individual vendors with specific expertise in each of the services to be outsourced).
  • Construct a time line that summarizes the bid activities and time duration for each contracting process (i.e., plan purchases and acquisition through select sellers).

Criteria	Points
Correlation of the assessment with the COs and material covered through Week 4
Compliance with format requirements outlined above
Assessment of how each of the outsourcing alternatives impact your business decision and also whether or not it might be helpful or detrimental to your core business
Assessment of any issues that may arise (both in the short term and long term) for each outsourcing alternative
Assessment of the type of contract chosen for each outsourcing alternative; provide a rationale for your choice
Assessment of the evaluation criteria used to rank the proposals; again, include a rationale for your choice
Strength of argument on the number of vendors selected to provide the services
Assessment and identification of the difference in time line (if any) between the three outsourcing alternatives
Total