Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Take Apple. Number one Tech company in the world. Very profitable. Yet > they outsource labor to sweat shops in China
The assumption in your example is that chip design, manufacturing, and assembly is core to Apple's business model, which it isn't, so Apple isn't a relevant example. Back on point, you said: "All I am saying it that the market cost of outsourcing, particularly in regards to employees, is more profitable than staying at home." That contention gets into very complicated territory. Example: BMW. They "outsource" manufacturing labor to the US, however in that case it's a currency arbitrage play too. So there's a zillion factors not to mention that many companies that have tried outsourcing have yet to see the "more profitable". There are lots of case studies about it. And all of this ignores the fact that there are people in the US willing to do many of the jobs that are "outsourced". Outsourcing is over. It probably ended 3-5 years ago. Now it's all about strategic partnerships and eliminating non-core business processes that someone else can do cheaper. If that someone is in the US and available and willing then they could take that work, but more and more they're just not here in the US even despite the weak doll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
