Outsourcing
TNC’s contract another company to produce the goods and services they need rather than
doing it themselves. This can result in growth of complex supply chains.
TNC’s like Tesco’s establish tens of thousands of outsourcing partnerships while thousands
of outsourcing partnerships while building their global business. This resultng in a series of
arrangements called a global producton line.
Acceleraton in globalisaton consequently causes the size and density of the global
producton networks spanning foods manufacturing retailing technology and fnancial
services.
Eg. Mini car manufacturing has 2500 diferent suppliers- some outsourced from the EU
however the engine comes from an ofshore factory in Brazil.
Costs and beneftss
Some call centre workers are exploited.
Their work can be highly repettve and business is ofen conducted at night due to the
tme diferences between places like dndia and china and places like the USA or UK--
sometmes in ten-hour shifs six days a week.
Despite the overall growth the gap between rich and poor has widened sharply dndia
has more billionaires than the UK- yet it also has more people living in absolute poverty
than all of Africa. dn 2015 half a billion dndians lived in homes that lacked a toilet.
dndia’s call centre workers earn good-middle class wages by dndian standards.
Nightclubs and 24 shopping malls in Bangalore testfy to the relatvely high purchasing
power of a new dndian ‘techno-elite’ typically earning typically earning 3500 rupees a
week (£40 a week).
dndian outsourcing companies have become extremely proftable. Founded in 1981
dnfosys has revenues of US$9billion in 2015. dt ds one of the top twenty global companies
for innovaton according to the US business analyst Steve Forbes.
Economic challengess
China-
Workers for Wintek- the frm that touchscreens for dphone’s- were poisoned by chemicals
used to treat the glass in human province many people were poisoning by lead-emitng
manganese smelter (manganese is used to strengthen steel one of china’s main exports).
TNC’s contract another company to produce the goods and services they need rather than
doing it themselves. This can result in growth of complex supply chains.
TNC’s like Tesco’s establish tens of thousands of outsourcing partnerships while thousands
of outsourcing partnerships while building their global business. This resultng in a series of
arrangements called a global producton line.
Acceleraton in globalisaton consequently causes the size and density of the global
producton networks spanning foods manufacturing retailing technology and fnancial
services.
Eg. Mini car manufacturing has 2500 diferent suppliers- some outsourced from the EU
however the engine comes from an ofshore factory in Brazil.
Costs and beneftss
Some call centre workers are exploited.
Their work can be highly repettve and business is ofen conducted at night due to the
tme diferences between places like dndia and china and places like the USA or UK--
sometmes in ten-hour shifs six days a week.
Despite the overall growth the gap between rich and poor has widened sharply dndia
has more billionaires than the UK- yet it also has more people living in absolute poverty
than all of Africa. dn 2015 half a billion dndians lived in homes that lacked a toilet.
dndia’s call centre workers earn good-middle class wages by dndian standards.
Nightclubs and 24 shopping malls in Bangalore testfy to the relatvely high purchasing
power of a new dndian ‘techno-elite’ typically earning typically earning 3500 rupees a
week (£40 a week).
dndian outsourcing companies have become extremely proftable. Founded in 1981
dnfosys has revenues of US$9billion in 2015. dt ds one of the top twenty global companies
for innovaton according to the US business analyst Steve Forbes.
Economic challengess
China-
Workers for Wintek- the frm that touchscreens for dphone’s- were poisoned by chemicals
used to treat the glass in human province many people were poisoning by lead-emitng
manganese smelter (manganese is used to strengthen steel one of china’s main exports).
