Long term impacts of international outsourcing of manufacturing on sustainability

Seyed Hamed Moosavirad; Sami Kara; Michael Zwicky Hauschild

doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2014.03.014

Long term impacts of international outsourcing of manufacturing on sustainability

Seyed Hamed Moosavirad, Sami Kara, Michael Zwicky Hauschild

University of New South Wales

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International outsourcing seems to be a cost efficient way of production. However, there are serious concerns about its long term impacts on the environmental, social and economic sustainability. This paper aims to quantify these impacts by using input output analysis, linear programming and system dynamics in a case study including European electrical industry (outsourcer), Chinese electrical industry (outsourcee) and their main suppliers. Results depict the differences related to the total CO2 emissions, the number of employees and the gross value added of these two regions between a 10% international outsourcing scenario and the baseline scenario due to their differences in production technologies. © 2014 CIRP.

Original language	English
Journal	CIRP Annals : Manufacturing Technology
Volume	63
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	41-44
ISSN	0007-8506
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2014.03.014
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

International outsourcing
Manufacturing
Sustainable development
Carbon dioxide
Linear programming
Manufacture
Outsourcing
Cost-efficient
Economic sustainability
Electrical industry
Gross value added
Input output analysis
Long-term impacts
Production technology
System Dynamics

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