Hi Ginna:
If I understood your question properly, you could consider 'buying' or 'outsourcing' for the following reasons:
- There is no resourcing capacity to build the item
- The skills are not present and there is no time to upskill
- Strategically if makes sense. For example, if you are looking to partner down the road.
- Purely based on cost - maybe to volume is too high or too low to produce inhouse
This list isn't exhaustive but should give you a good sense of what to consider.
Tracey