Outsourcing Lemmings

I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record with my rants on the downsides of outsourcing, but I couldn't resist letting you know about…

Last July we told you about a duel at NAM, where the Hunter/Ryan bill divided the larger "manufacturers" (primarily outsourcers) and the sma…

It's ski season again, unless you're in the Alps. Sporting goods stores everywhere are greedily greeting customers with racks full of Rossi…

It's rare that I feel I need to bang my head against the wall first thing in the morning, but it happened today. I grabbed my coffee and opened th…

It’s not every day that I agree with Tom Friedman, but his October 6th column on Big Ideas and No Boundaries is pretty much right on the money. He tal…

“The biggest leverage a manufacturing company has is the ability to outsource.” - Ivan Feinseth, Matrix USA I could almost end the post without comme…

"Geopolitical risk: low". That's what CIO Magazine told us in its Buyer's Guide to Offshore Outsourcing in Thailand. Amazing how fas…

Many companies pursue a cost reduction strategy based on chasing lower labor costs all over the globe. As we've pointed out several times, this on…