Outsourcing as a challenge for food firms

Ulla Lehtinen; Margit Torkko

Outsourcing as a challenge for food firms

In: Dynamics in chains and networks

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Ulla Lehtinen

Ulla Lehtinen University of Oulu, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Box 4610, FIN-90014 Oulu University, Finland

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Margit Torkko University of Oulu, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Box 4610, FIN-90014 Oulu University, Finland

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Pages:: 63–71

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086865260_008

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The paper discusses the issue of outsourcing in small food firms. The phenomenon of outsourcing is clarified. The paper presents the results of two surveys carried out among small food firms in northern Finland. Two kinds of outsourcing are found in the food industry. First, the retailers are increasingly assigning the production of private label products to external food manufacturers. Secondly, the food manufacturers are starting to outsource their own core-distinct activities. The main reason is to obtain economic benefits. Also the use of external services releases their own resources.

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Dynamics in chains and networks

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Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 10 Oct 2004

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