if outsourcing is to be employed, it is understood to be absolutely necessary that detailed parts and subassemblies be designed with that process in mind. this requires considerable additional upfront effort in planning to avoid the situation whereby major subassemblies do not fit together at final assembly, increasing the cost by orders of magnitude more than was saved by designing in isolation from the work allocation activities.
forgive typos - cut + paste from pdf not working.
there's more good stuff about the timescales over which outsourcing for low labour is appropriate.
if outsourcing is to be employed, it is understood to be absolutely necessary that detailed parts and subassemblies be designed with that process in mind. this requires considerable additional upfront effort in planning to avoid the situation whereby major subassemblies do not fit together at final assembly, increasing the cost by orders of magnitude more than was saved by designing in isolation from the work allocation activities.
forgive typos - cut + paste from pdf not working.
there's more good stuff about the timescales over which outsourcing for low labour is appropriate.
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