Study Shows that Product Redesigns Could Slow Foreign Outsourcing

Improved Product Design Practices Would Make U.S. Manufacturing More Cost Effective
A Case to Consider Before Outsourcing to China

This study from Software maker Booth Dewhurst, implies that it can be advantageous for U.S. companies to do a better job of integrating cost analysis into product design, to enable the development of innovative products that are more economical to produce in the United States to lower cost rather than by outsourcing production to other countries such as China.

A full text of the study is available online at www.dfma.com/truecost