To: Alberta's Child
A factory in China that produces things for export to the U.S. has a built-in competitive disadvantage compared to a U.S. factory: transportation costs. And yet even with this cost disadvantage, the factory in China often comes out as the cheaper alternative than a U.S. factory. Why is this the case? Slave wages.
To: BlatherNaut
91 posted on
03/12/2016 7:19:53 PM PST by
combat_boots
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To: BlatherNaut
True, but we were talking about a comparison between two heavily automated facilities ... so the labor costs wouldn’t be a major component of the operating costs.
94 posted on
03/12/2016 7:21:01 PM PST by
Alberta's Child
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To: BlatherNaut
We’ve revolutionized all of our shipping, transportation and distribution systems to expedite containerized shipping.
95 posted on
03/12/2016 7:21:27 PM PST by
Jim Robinson
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