Differences in outsourcing operations overseas and manufacturing domestically

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[...] Outsourcing the operations overseas can also lessen the costs of operations due to the currency differential and avoiding tax laws and labor regulations. There are obvious cultural difficulties that may occur when outsourcing overseas such as the language barrier and lack of service. Cultural issues must be managed properly and intelligently, research the country and ethnic groups to get a generalization on foreign behaviors, proper accountability from the offshore team and any issues should be resolved in the early stages of production. [...]

[...] Differences in outsourcing operations overseas and manufacturing domestically The results of my decision to outsource the entire operations to an offshore company will illustrate that my determination is a more logical option using details described in our business scenario and I will describe my decision on the manufacturing option I've chosen in this essay. I will identify the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing the entire operations to an offshore company. In conclusion, using information from the business scenario, and extensive research, I've determined that establishing assembly only operations with components purchased from local vendors is another logical alternative option due to these particular people's family/financial problems. [...]