The appropriate resources are identified for the given projects and identify the source provider. It may be Engineering services like part of sub assembly, part processing, product base, service base in the field of Mecanical, Electrical, information Technology, software . This may be use of existing capacity of various resources available with them.
Identify the need of techinical service who are in demand. Shortlisting suppliers to meet the service aligning the requirements of individual. The service may also be design, development of existing design, process, maintainance etc