Contract manufacturing
Contract manufacturing is yet another facet of outsourcing that is bursting out in all directions. Just think of all the products on the supermarket shelves around the world featuring the supermarket’s own label. In the early days of contract manufacturing the supermarket’s own branded products were probably manufactured by companies manufacturing and selling well-known competitive brands on nearby shelves. Now companies who do not have branded products of their own do much of this manufacturing.
Electronics is another area that has been transformed by the activities of the contract manufacturers. Many of Europe’s original computer manufacturers collapsed or moved into other areas of the computer business in the 1980s ...
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