You are the production manager for aglobal business with assembly facilities around the world. Thebusiness has tended to manufacture in the home country, a developedone, with the assembly of the products taking place in astrategically located country in each of the major groupings ofmarkets. You have been asked to look at relocating some of theproduction of the older product lines in some of these assemblyfacilities and using them as production plants. Traditionallyproduction has worked closely with research and development in thehome country. Your changes need to reflect the fact that sales havefallen in the home market with increased competition. At the sametime, key markets around the world are booming. “Home or abroad?”is the question and the potential future of the business is in yourhands.
•     Withdemand low in the home country, why might it make sense to relocateproduction to a developing nation?
•     Howwould you consider the manufacture of maturing products? Would youconsider moving production elsewhere?
•     Whatare the advantages and disadvantages for the domestic productionfacilities of moving production abroad?
