Companies contract out small parts manufacturing, then big parts, then engineering and design, and only retain a "people and culture" organization that sits far from any factory, and before you know it you have two astronauts stranded in space and windows blowing our of planes because no one feels responsible for your overall product anymore.
IN-SOURCE YOUR ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, in-source your janitorial staff, in-source the people making food at the canteen, in-source your receptionist, in-source your IT support.
Every person working for a company should be working for that company.
You will have mid-term gains with outsourcing some functions, but in the long term, you will pay.
Stop listening to McKinsey telling you to outsource all that stuff. Their very business model relies on you outsourcing your brains. Ignore them.
