Outsourcing and Manufacturing Preferences

What is outsourcing?

• a. hiring others to work in the U.S.

• b. hiring others for a service

• c. buying products from others

• d. living in a foreign land

What is the number one reason for outsourcing?

• service

• quality

• cost

• foreign relations

Choose the best answer according to the article. Where is it cheaper to manufacture goods?

• inside the U.S.

• outside the U.S.

Choose the best answer according to the article. Keeping production in the U.S. helps

• to lower cost

• to make more profit

• the U.S. economy

• to pass new laws

How much of production is outsourced to foreign countries by Nike?

• 11.4%

• 51.3%

• 95%

• 100%

What has Nike’s success prompted their competitors to do?

• outsource production

• keep production in the U.S.

• advertise more

• redesign their shoes

Where are 90% of crayons produced?

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Beijing, China

• Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania

• Bangkok, Thailand

Choose the best answer according to the article. Most American consumers would prefer to buy…

• American-made goods.

• Chinese-made goods.

• German-made goods.

• Japanese-made goods.