While a great deal of the work on outsourcing to China emphasizes on the low cost and its tradeoffs, this case scrutinize in depth the communication between human capital and the price and capacities of a business.
At the time, capillaries were made by it in Santa Clara, California in Yokneam, Israel, and blades. In the A case the team is charged with starting and designing a brand new facility in Suzhou, China. Expanding operations to China meant cost economies, and it was where K&S's marketplace had expanded. But it was not clear whether it made intellect to move the dicing blade manufacturing, the capillary process, or both. And if move did K&S to China, should it keep the Israeli- and American-based factories open as well And once those decisions were made, what exactly would look like?
PUBLICATION DATE: August 30, 2010 PRODUCT #: UV5974-HCB-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS
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