Manufacturers in a global market have major opportunities to develop non-core skills. But, asks Sigi Osagie, are they up to the challenge? FOR TRADITIONAL UK manufacturing companies the outsourcing of activities overseas has had a number of evolutionary impacts. Manufacturing itself has almost become 'commoditised' in many sectors, and is less of a core competence for many erstwhile Western 'manufacturing companies'. Instead the focus in these companies has shifted to product design, intellectual property management, marketing, and supply chain management.
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