Legal Issues
Theft/Piracy
Cost of additional paperwork
Cost of employee morale
Cultural/Communication difficulties
Loss of manufacturing control andflexibility
Training costs
Lead Time, QC, Inventory
Underestimation of startup costs
Increasing labor costs once a vendorrelationship is established
Cost of transition
Cost of layoffs and severance
Cost of inventory carry due to shipping
Cost of managing offshore
Cost of bringing a project back to theU.S.