Essays about: "offshore out-sourcing"

Found 2 essays containing the words offshore out-sourcing.

1. 1. Exploring the Trend of Near-Sourcing to Eastern-Europe: the Case of Swedish Manufacturers

   University essay from IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

   Author : Gunita Laursone; Emelie Domeij; [2012]
   Keywords : manufacturing outsourcing; Swedish manufacturers; offshore out-sourcing; far-sourcing; China; near-sourcing; Eastern Europe;

   Abstract : Outsourcing has been a way for firms to reduce their cost of production and enabling them to focus on their core competencies for decades. As the total costs for manufacturing in China – the most prominent outsourcing location, are increasing due to unfavourable mar-ket changes, which in turn leads to loss of the competitive advantage, European companies are more and more often realizing and pursuing the benefits of ‘near-sourcing’ their manu-facturing operations to Eastern European countries. READ MORE

3. 2. Risk Identification in Offshore Out-sourcing of Services in Small and Medium sized Enterprises

   University essay from Företagsekonomi

   Author : Christian Schulz; Oleksandra Volianska; [2011]
   Keywords : risk management; risk identification; risk; offshoring; outsourcing; ser-vice; small and medium sized enterprises.;

   Abstract : Background: Development of technologies and worldwide reductions of trade barriers during the last decades increased competition and the need to offer high-quality prod-ucts and services for a reasonable price. Particularly, the service sector increased in size and variety of outputs. READ MORE