The core business process of a locomotive firm is designing engines. It outsources the production of automobile bodies and several of its parts to different organizations in South Africa and South Asia. Which of the followingcould be the most appropriate reason for the locomotive firm to outsource?

a. To increase marketing expenses on the core operation
b. To decelerate the product’s time to the market
c. To increase the product’s deployment expenses
d. To focus on the firm’s main operations

d. To focus on the firm’s main operations
A rationale for outsourcing is to enable an organization to focus on its most important priorities. It is highly ineffective to divert the time and energy of key company resources to do routine work that does not require unique skills or intimate knowledge of the firm, its products, its services, and its customers.