When Should a Tech Buyer Redraw Its Sourcing Boundary?

The Porsche–MHP–TCS deal shows why sourcing models should be revisited when business conditions, capability economics and provider scale change. Porsche is moving from ownership of MHP to a five-year strategic provider relationship while retaining access to capabilities it still considers important. The article explains how AI-native delivery, changing commercial models and the cost of continuously renewing specialist capabilities can shift the balance between ownership, strategic binding and competitive sourcing. For technology leaders, the key issue is not insource versus outsource, but which model best preserves control, capability, economics and reversibility.