At 01:08 PM 3/6/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
>Conversely, do you see companies actually lowering prices for goods or
>services after outsourcing or offshoring.
>
>I don't see savings being passed on to consumers so much as being
>shared with investors.
All of the major price programs have reported very low rates of price
inflation for the past several years. This is also true of the CPI in
particular. So yes, these savings clearly are being passed onto consumers.
>There is competition for investors just as much
>as there is for customers.
>I could be wrong in this, but most of the price lowering I see is
>through retailers and wholesalers. Are they in position to use
>outsourcing and offshoring the way manufacturers are?
This is exactly the phenomenon that is making so much news. Retailers are
outsourcing call-centers (order-taking and customer support) oversseas.
In addition, retailers and wholesalers can certainly make use of overseas
software development.
JDG
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