I don't think that this is so much an outsourcing issue, as it is an incestuous relationship between JLR and a different part of the Tata empire. JLR mgmt coul

I don't think that this is so much an outsourcing issue, as it is an incestuous relationship between JLR and a different part of the Tata empire. JLR mgmt could've decided to outsource to Tata IT had they not been sister divisions of the same holding company, but arguments against doing so would've been easier to make. Really, "operating a vehicle factory, and associated software and logistics systems" strikes me as a core competency of "being an automaker", and not one that should be handed off to separate entity not quite as committed to the enterprise.