Yes digital sourcing is already quite the rage in publishing/printing. The international CENVEO company in the U.S. basically 'frontdesks' client designs ftp's the design files to China and the client has the printed pieces on their desk within 24hrs FedEx.
The small company I'm with is looking to do the same thing, as a way of leveraging its small pool of talent in order to execute larger projects.
We're already using foreign talent, bringing them here; we've found that, through the magic of broadband, some of them are able to be productive while they are back home, which leads us to ask the question, why bring them here in the first place? Why not instead send our project leads there?
I've seen the same thing with my previous company, doing the high-end work in the states and doing the detailed work in the host country, and it worked well, again you just send a couple of specialists to lead the effort, and broadband allows you to keep it all together.
So we're going after work a hundred times the size of our normal projects. Not sure how its all going to play out, though. We're covered up with work right now, but they are looking ahead to the day that work slows down again; we want to have made the leap to the bigger playing field.
With many potential pitfalls, Asia’s continued economic development is not assured. Instead of trying limit trade and investment with the developing world, it is in America’s best long-term interest to promote more interdependence and keep China and India moving on a path toward greater prosperity.Willie Green. Call your office. The future beckons you.
Last week I was having problem with my Dell. I called up tech support. They diverted my call to somewhere in India.........
.....err wait a minute. I live in India (oops).
Uh, ok never mind.......sorry (wrong thread).
Outsourcing is very common (and becoming moreso) in the architect and engineering fields. For example, armies of CAD technitians are working for US companies via electronic transmission in India, Malaysia, Philipines, Indo-China (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia).
One thing that a lot of folks here at FR forget; as the Japanese say, "Business is war."
When China has the lion's share of world industry and the jobs and taxes that go with them, their economy will prosper.
When the United States loses most of it's industry, and the jobs and taxes that go with it, our economy will wither.
One wonders: When the United States loses our heavy manufacturing capacity, who will produce the equipment that would be needed to support a war effort on the scale of WWII?
Oh, right, I forgot- that can never, ever happen.
From the article:
>>True, some hardworking Americans will lose their jobs<<
F'm!
Globalists are always spewing this garbage, but you notice that they never spew specifics.
The worst thing we can do is use regulation and tax policy to trap Americans in jobs where overseas sources are more competitive.
Yep, can't have an American getting a paycheck larger than someone in the third-world.
It is a Qwest Employee Message Board and it is shocking to learn how angry and unhappy the employees are.
If you've ever worked at Qwest or had a problem with Qwest's service, you will appreciate what these empoyees are talking about. I just happened to stumble upon the forum while searching another subject.
http://groups.msn.com/DSCNNCTDSQWestEMPLOYEEBOARD/general.msnw?action=get_threads&Dir=1&ID_Last=2541
Probably not. Once the product proves successful the production will be shipped overseas. Besides, if we don't provide the incentives for young people to go into the technical/engineering/development fields we won't have very much talent left in the U.S. to innovate and come up with the new ideas or to implement them.