1.Perhaps the most significant and discussed question of the day for company senior management and supply chain planners has been the issue of whether to continue sourcing goods from China or to move some or all of that sourcing to other countries such as India, Mexico or the U.S. All of these options, including continued China sourcing, have advantages and disadvantages with a number of considerations. Following are several detailed questions you should address. For each question do a separate section of your answer and don’t blend all these questions together. And answer each specific sub-question for each question. In answering these questions consider what we learned from the 3 sets of China videos (Peoples Republic of Capitalism Parts 1-4 with Emphasis on Part 1 and III, the BBC one on current China U.S. relations, and the recent Wall Street Journal one comparing different industries leading U.S. and Chinese companies), and all the other videos and slides on China, India and Logistics in General. a.What are the various reasons companies have moved production to China? What are the advantages of continuing in China? What are the difficulties and disadvantages of continuing in China? b.What are the advantages of moving some or all of this sourcing to India? What are the disadvantages? c.What are the advantages of moving some or all of this sourcing to Mexico? What are the disadvantages? d.What are the advantages of moving some or all of this sourcing to the U.S.? What are the disadvantages?
1.Perhaps the most significant and discussed question of the day for company senior management and supply chain planners has been the issue of whether to continue sourcing goods from China or to move some or all of that sourcing to other countries such as India, Mexico or the U.S. All of these options, including continued China sourcing, have advantages and disadvantages with a number of considerations. Following are several detailed questions you should address. For each question do a separate section of your answer and don’t blend all these questions together. And answer each specific sub-question for each question. In answering these questions consider what we learned from the 3 sets of China videos (Peoples Republic of Capitalism Parts 1-4 with Emphasis on Part 1 and III, the BBC one on current China U.S. relations, and the recent Wall Street Journal one comparing different industries leading U.S. and Chinese companies), and all the other videos and slides on China, India and Logistics in General.
a.What are the various reasons companies have moved production to China? What are the advantages of continuing in China? What are the difficulties and disadvantages of continuing in China?
b.What are the advantages of moving some or all of this sourcing to India? What are the disadvantages?
c.What are the advantages of moving some or all of this sourcing to Mexico? What are the disadvantages?
d.What are the advantages of moving some or all of this sourcing to the U.S.? What are the disadvantages?
Step by step
Solved in 4 steps
