Global labor arbitrage can provide major financial savings from lower international labor rates, which could be a major motivation for offshoring. Cost savings from See more

20th century
Following the adding of management layers in the 1950s and 1960s to support expansion for the sake of economy of scale, corporations … See more

Performance measurement
Focusing on software quality metrics is a good way to maintain track of how well a project is performing.
Management processes See more

Agreements
Two organizations may enter into a contractual agreement involving an exchange See more

There are many outsourcing models, with variations by country, year and industry. Japanese companies often outsource to China, particularly to formerly Japanese-occupied cities. … See more

A number of outsourcings and offshorings that were deemed failures led to reversals signaled by use of terms such as insourcing and See more

• In 2003 Procter & Gamble outsourced their facilities' management support, but it did not involve offshoring.
• Dell offshored to India in 2001 but reversed this since … See more