In the early 2000s, The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) outsourced key portions of its aircraft manufacturing and design operations, including electronics and central computers. Beginning in 2007, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner (a new model for Boeing) was assembled in the U.S., with global subcontractors assigned the work of assembling key sections of the 787. Subcontractors also […]
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What happens to the breakeven point when Sports Illustrated lays off all six staff photographers and uses freelancers instead?
March 13, 2015 
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Sports Illustrated announced in late January 2015 that it would be laying off all six of its staff photographers. Instead, it will be using freelance photographers around the world. Sports Illustrated is one of 90 magazines owned by Time Inc. (TIME). Published 56 times a year, Sports Illustrated is read by over 23 million people […]
Continue readingShould the City of Ravenna outsource its income tax department?
January 13, 2015 0 Comments
The City of Ravenna in Ohio has an income tax on its residents of 2%. For many years, the City had its own income tax department with two employees who processed all of the tax returns from residents. The annual cost of that income tax department was most recently estimated to be $173,000 (“Ravenna will […]
Continue readingWhy might Ford be shifting some jobs from Mexico to the United States?
May 1, 2014 0 Comments
Ford is moving production of its 2016 Ford F-650 and F-750 medium-duty trucks to its Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, near Cleveland, Ohio. Currently those medium-duty trucks are produced in Mexico. Ford will be investing $168 million in the Avon Lake facility to retool the plant since it is currently set up to produce […]
Continue readingShould the town of Allentown, PA, outsource its pension check-writing?
December 30, 2013 0 Comments
For years, the City of Allentown, PA, has had its payroll clerk write the pension checks to its retirees every two weeks. The pension check-writing system is based in an older accounting system that was installed in 1983. The only person who has been trained to use the older accounting system to write the pension […]
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