Dobb's support of stringent immigration reforms however gains him points with the far right of the Republican Party. Lou Dobbs is best known however for this crusade to save the middle class of America by fighting outsourcing and the reduction in wages of American workers.
Making American Manufacturing Lean: A Perspective
Looking first at the progression of outsourcing from low-skill and low wage jobs to intermediate and finally high-skill jobs including design and production planning, Link (2006) first illustrates through a series of comparisons how widely divergent the costs per labor hour are in the United States relative to nations now generating the majority of outsourcing manufacturing activity. The contrasts are remarkable, and while the author does not describe what isn't available in these locations for manufacturing, including reliable electricity (which is difficult to find in India), or sustainable and replicable production processes where the experience effect can contribute to a drop in production costs (as is the case in many chaotic Chinese manufacturing operations), the author tends to see the outsourcing decision purely on cost and does not add value in terms of the costs associated with moving to a 3rd world nation to do manufacturing.
Instead, the author takes the approach of looking at the concepts of lean manufacturing as the true point of differentiation and long-term growth of American manufacturing. Link (2006) argues that efficiency and cost reduction through lean manufacturing techniques can actually forestall or even stop the outsourcing of jobs en masse. The other side of this argument however is that many Indian outsourcing companies including HCL, Infosys, Tata and others can deliver a 40% reduction in the costs of doing a complex task or process, which would ironically alleviate the pressure on companies to outsource their core business. The author tends to applaud the Toyota Production System too often, and could have made the entire article stronger by showing the ironies of Toyota themselves doing much of their outsourcing work on non-strategic parts of their business so they could focus on the core aspects of next generation auto development.
Conclusion
While American politicians look to capitalize on the pervasive public mood against offshore outsourcing, the reality of the situation is that its much more complex and intricate of an issue economically than the emotional reactions political candidates work so hard to elicit to get votes. Outsourcing is hot as a topic in the United States right now because we're for the first time feeling the pinch of being the have-nots of job influx at the middle and lower ends of the economic spectrum. What the harshest...
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