Outsourcing Pros And Cons

Offshore outsourcing is a phenomenon that may sound like a foreign term, however, the earliest documented act of offshoring in the United States was during the latter half of the 19th century. According to the Merriam Webster online dictionary, the site states that outsourcing is essentially to obtain goods or services that are needed by a business or a company under contract of an outside supplier. In addition, the act of outsourcing is a century old however, major corporate companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, and numerous other companies still use this method to cut back on costs. United States earliest documented act of offshoring was during the latter half of the 19th century. General Electric, a global digital industrial …show more content…
However, offshore outsourcing is a major factor throughout America. Outsourcing is referenced at numerous times during the presidential debate by Donald Trump which is now well known phrase “Make America great again”. Overall, outsourcing has become a controversial issue since it has both benefits and deficits.
The most significant advantages towards offshore outsourcing for companies are being able to focus on core activities, cost savings, improving performance, and time zone advantages. Being able to focus on core activities is beneficial because it is essentially being at two places at once. Instead of focusing on the technical side of your company, this would free up priorities and enable companies to set their focus on other objectives such as: building their brand, invest in research and development and moving to higher core tasks as well [Advantages and Disadvantages]. Apart from having more time to focus on core activities, companies that participate in offshore outsourcing find themselves to essentially be within a “time zone advantage”. For example if during a company 's closing time they find themselves with a critical error in their system. As …show more content…
All three presidential candidates addressed offshore outsourcing to various degrees. Such as Bernie Sanders who brought up the Outsourcing Prevention Act, Trump administration with their tariffs, and Hillary who seemed neutral in my eyes. Sander’s goal with his prevention act is completely putting an end to all foreign companies from sending jobs overseas. The act also includes strict tariffs such as a 35% tax or stricter tariffs. His goal with the act was having the United States bring back “ good paying jobs back to the United States of America”. By doing this, he plans to stop all foreign and to bring them back into America. As for Donald Trump on the other hand, the Trump administration has discussed relaxing business regulations and backing away from campaign pledges to impose tariffs on companies that move jobs abroad, according to the New York Times. Lastly, Hillary Clinton’s view on offshore outsourcing seemed neutral. Although in the past she had criticized the Bush officials during their presidency, she now takes back her claim and states ““Well, it’s been going on for many years now, and it’s part of our economic relationship with India. And I think that there are advantages with it that have certainly benefited many parts of our country, and there are disadvantages that go to the need to improve the job skills of our own people and