Made In The U.S.A Made in the U.S.A, a phrase that is disappearing from so many item labels now a days. It seems as if every item produced now comes from another country. Most people never see the label and most who do don’t understand exactly what it means. All those televisions lining the side of the isles at Best Buy at one point had a Made in U.S.A label. The prices might be a bit cheaper now but is it worth the cost? The price might seem great but were the item was manufactured tells another story. Whenever a company decides to produce its products from another country for cheaper store prices it has to go through the process of sending manufacturing jobs to that country and closing down jobs here in the United States. This process is …show more content…
companies found it cheaper to begin shipping some of the production of radios and televisions to Japan. But in time, Japanese suppliers reverse-engineered the products and figured out how to design and produce their own brands. They then took over the global industry. As a result, an outsourcing strategy that might have been benign or even beneficial in terms of U.S. employment eventually turned negative.” Which shows that outsourcing manufacturing jobs also comes with risks. Geoffrey James also agrees that outsourcing comes with its many risks by stating “In the parts of the world where outsourcing is cheapest, there is often little or no respect for corporate secrets. Patents are frequently unenforceable, and many companies discover copycat processes and products popping up, soon after they've deployed there.” This then turns into a loss in trade revenue due to the fact that the item has been copied and manufactured in that country. James also goes far enough to state that “Many firms that provide outsourcing quickly cut the quality of component parts in order to increase their margins. Eventually customers who are accustomed to believing your brand promise begin to notice that your once-great products are suddenly crappy”. Which