Outsourcing vs. Vertical Integration: Which Strategy Wins?

Discover when outsourcing beats vertical integration in reducing costs and boosting efficiency. Learn which strategy aligns ...
Truckinginfo

TMC 2025 Takeaway: The Journey Toward Vertical Integration

Once upon a time, there were three big truck engine makers in the U.S.: Caterpillar, Cummins, and Detroit. A couple of truck makers, like Mack and Volvo, offered their own engines. You ordered a truck ...
ZDNet

Vertical integration: Panacea, or just a pendulum swing?

Vertical integration is hot as companies look to combine hardware and software (Oracle and Sun) as well raw materials and manufacturing (steelmaker Arcelor) and other PepsiCo (beverages and ...
Aviation Week

Will OEM Vertical Integration Die Off Or Expand After COVID-19?

Before COVID-19 turned the aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturing and aftermarket worlds on their heads, a key issue clouding suppliers’ outlooks was how much encroachment to expect from Airbus, ...
Health Affairs

Higher Medicare Spending On Imaging And Lab Services After Primary Care Physician Group Vertical Integration

In recent years direct ownership of physician practices by hospitals and health systems (that is, vertical integration) has become a prominent feature of the US health care system. One unexplored ...
Forbes

Five Reasons Vertical Integration Is Not A Valid Basis For Blocking A Lockheed-Aerojet Merger

The Federal Trade Commission is currently completing its review of a proposed merger between defense contractor Lockheed Martin LMT and Aerojet AJRD Rocketdyne. Aerojet is a relatively small company ...