i agree with you. i think outsourcing still has more positives than negatives. outsourcing may tend to decrease a companys loyalty and strastegic alignment but it still keeps companies focus on their business mission and it increase production rate aswell. Overall i think outsourcing has been a major positive force in growth and production for most companies.
i want to direct this question to supply chain managers. What do they think about the outsourcing? Is it a headache to keep track of cheaper way(s) to manufacture a product or a boon as they can tap unlimited resources?
The impact of outsourcing is a mixture of results. Due to several impediments such as geographical locations, miscommunication, different timezones, a number of companies ran into problems as a result of outsourcing. The final products turn out to be not as expected and in some cases quality is worse than promised.
I think the question of whether outsourcing has been good for the high-tech sector is quite relevant considering its impact on regions that have outsourced and the ones that are recipients of contracts related to the process. Certainly, the industry could not have transformed into what it is today without outsourcing but the mere fact it happened does not mean it has been totally positive for everyone.
We are all able to buy cheaper products today and more parts of the world have benefitted from high-tech due to outsourcing. We've also all been impacted in some not so positive ways. I believe that the poll results have indicated that overall most people think outsourcing has been good for the market. I concur.
... I think a more interesting question to consider is if the tech industry would be what it is today WITHOUT outsourcing.
High-tech outsourcing has been and will continue to be essential to the industry's success. Without outsourcing, we simply would not be able to enjoy all the products and services we currently enjoy today. Unless we were exceedingly wealthy.
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