Outsourcing

摘要

General Motors manufactures only the outside and underbodies of its vehicles. Mercedes-Benz workers build only 20 percent of a new sport-utility vehicle (SUV). Kodak outsources 80 percent of its high-tech digital and reloadable cameras to Asian outsourcing providers. Compaq outsources 90 percent of its computer manufacturing. Virtual companies such as British Airways or Handspring outsource just about everything.