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Originally Posted by whistlepig  We can't even make beer anymore with out help. |
Wait, when did Budweiser start making beer instead of that carbonated yellow water?
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Originally Posted by Cat_Driver and there's these... |
I'm kind of confused about some of the entries on the list. 3Com, for example, is known for low-end home computer gear and they probably never had any significant manufacturing in the US so "moved manufacturing overseas" is probably not correct. Adobe Systems is one example of a software company - they don't sell any manufactured products and most of their development is still US-focused. But as a global company they've got offices around the world. Similarly, Alamo Rent A Car is a service and if they've expanded into China it's probably a good thing - if I had to hop a flight to Beijing to rent a car for downtown Dallas that would be an interesting business model. Amazon.com is just a website and to my knowledge at least the US flavor is hosted in the US simply because it's cheaper than using transoceanic Internet connections (similarly, Amazon.co.uk is hosted in Ireland by the looks of things). I'll skip to the end now for WorldCom. Not only is it a services company who don't manufacture products, but it would also be horribly expensive for them to route calls from NYC to Boston via Shanghai. To make matters worse, they also don't exist - they changed their name back to MCI and then were purchased by Verizon (who's also on the list).
Perhaps the source of the list has more information as to what exactly they're listing and when the list was made? Personally I think it would be useful if they broke down the list by manufacturing location, call center outsourcing, expanding into the foreign market, or whatever other criteria they use. And then breaking things down further by percentages is another good idea, if the Tier 1 call center support is in India and they ask if you plugged your computer in and then escalate to Tier 2 support who sit next to the developers that's just an efficient use of funds.