Studies related to the outsourcing process in several important non-leading industries worldwide and also regarding the existence of practical models and frameworks to guide the entire process and not only the decision-making stage are rare to find. In this context, this article presents a practical model to guide the whole outsourcing process, divided into four main stages (motivation, decision, implementation and management). It was successfully applied in a case involving two multinational companies operating in Brazil, in a supply chain of the phenolic resin industry. The results highlighted mainly the adequacy of the proposed model, as well as the importance of constructing a partnership based on trust and integration by information technology.
Outsourcing; supply chain; phenolic resin
