UPS focus turns towards tighter supply link - Financial Times
Speaking during a visit to London, Mr Brutto says companies are becoming increasingly discriminating both about which of their products needs to be sourced where, and how they travel to their destination.
With the outsourcing of more valuable goods, such as internet routers and medical devices, there is some “near-sourcing” – migration of production to low-cost centres near the main consumer centres of western Europe and North America.
Speaking during a visit to London, Mr Brutto says companies are becoming increasingly discriminating both about which of their products needs to be sourced where, and how they travel to their destination.
With the outsourcing of more valuable goods, such as internet routers and medical devices, there is some “near-sourcing” – migration of production to low-cost centres near the main consumer centres of western Europe and North America.
