Purchasers urged to look beyond China and India
28 November 2005
Supply Management
By Geraint John
Buyers must look further than obvious low-cost countries to source goods, according to François Xavier-Terny, co-founder of the cost consultancy Masai.28 Nov 2005.
Addressing delegates at the ProcureCon event held in Brussels last week, he said: “It's not all about China, China, China, although that’s what many CEOs seem to expect.”
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Xavier-Terny said astute buyers were already looking at countries such as Morocco and Senegal for call centres, Romania for pharmaceutical contract R&D, and Armenia for software development – despite the greater risks.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
Supply Management
By Geraint John
Buyers must look further than obvious low-cost countries to source goods, according to François Xavier-Terny, co-founder of the cost consultancy Masai.28 Nov 2005.
Addressing delegates at the ProcureCon event held in Brussels last week, he said: “It's not all about China, China, China, although that’s what many CEOs seem to expect.”
[...]
Xavier-Terny said astute buyers were already looking at countries such as Morocco and Senegal for call centres, Romania for pharmaceutical contract R&D, and Armenia for software development – despite the greater risks.
[...]
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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