Week 3 Discussion 2 - Trickle of Jobs Returning to U.S. Shores

Wk3 Discussion 2

Read the articles, "Trickle of Jobs Returning to U.S. Shores Could Soon Become a Torrent (Links to an external site.)" and “The Benefits of Outsourcing Finance and Accounting. (Links to an external site.)”  Based on the content presented, discuss some of the pros and cons of outsourcing.  Do you think many organizations are experiencing an increase or decrease in their levels of outsourcing?  Why? 

Required Resources

Text

Bozarth, C. C., & Handfield, R. B. (2016). Introduction to operations and supply chain management (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

• Chapter 7: Supply management
• Chapter 8: Logistics
• Chapter 9: Forecasting

Articles

Evans, M. (2014, February 27). Trickle of jobs returning to U.S. shores could soon become a torrent (Links to an external site.). Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/allbusiness/2014/02/27/trickle-of-jobs-returning-to-u-s-shores-could-soon-become-a-torrent/
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Mullich, J. (2013, July 12). The benefits of outsourcing finance and accounting (Links to an external site.). Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/xerox/2013/07/12/the-benefits-of-outsourcing-finance-and-accounting/
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