Make-or-buy economics: Options appraisal and investment case

Appraise make-or-buy options by activity: five-year NPV with avoided capital, escalation, FX, delay, and supply stresses, and a decision record with conditions.

Asset IDSTX-A0174

CategoryDecision and Communication Templates

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Executive summary

A method for choosing which activities to keep and which to buy, on tested numbers and stresses.

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What the investment case covers

The asset walks an appraisal lead through defining options, building the workbook from the register, running stresses, scoring, and writing the decision record. It includes an options matrix, a cost-benefit workbook layout, and a sensitivity table, with a worked synthetic case.

Five options built activity by activity
Savings, switching cost, and avoided capital from the frozen register
Escalation, exchange rate, delay, and disruption stresses

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Stratenity Advisory Team. (2026). Make-or-buy economics: Options appraisal and investment case. Stratenity Library. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/make-or-buy-economics-options-appraisal-and-investment-case

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Make-or-buy economics: Options appraisal and investment case." Stratenity Library, 2026, www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/make-or-buy-economics-options-appraisal-and-investment-case.

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Make-or-buy economics: Options appraisal and investment case." Stratenity Library, 2026. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/make-or-buy-economics-options-appraisal-and-investment-case.

Stratenity Advisory Team (2026) Make-or-buy economics: Options appraisal and investment case. Stratenity Library. Available at: https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/make-or-buy-economics-options-appraisal-and-investment-case (Accessed: the date of access).

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Make-or-buy economics: Options appraisal and investment case

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