Generally, the common principles of outsourcing apply to the outsourcing of cable assembly. Obviously, the advantages for the own company have to be considered individually. Nevertheless, advantages arise regardless of the industry, which lead to a short- / long-term increase in quality as well as improvement of the strategic market position of the company: Targeted concentration on their core business Reduction of costs Savings in infrastructure Quicker development of competencies More flexibility At first, the question arises to what extent the limited resources of one's own company should be allocated to cable manufacturing.   With a partner in cable manufacturing, you have more resources for strengthening your own core competencies while reducing costs at the same time. In addition, competences of specialists can be purchased quite quickly. This topic-specific know-how often represents a competitive advantage compared to the competitors.   Building up one's own competence and production structure would be both lengthy and expensive. Therefore, the decision should be made at the beginning whether the activity of cable assembly is one of the company's own core competencies or should be one in the future.   With the decision for a partner, it is usually possible to react much more flexibly to unforeseen or unpredictable tasks. Since recurring and often capacity-binding tasks are outsourced, more resources remain to react to these circumstances.