The implications of this are enormous for the 3D industry at large. It means two things, deadlines and margins will become tighter but the volume of work out there is likely to explode in a world dominated by 24 hour news from an almost infinite amount of sources.
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Hiring or Outsourcing – the 3D directors biggest problem when expanding
The general consensus was to outsource to trusted suppliers as opposed to hiring a 3d professional full time. It’s a tricky question and one that has no right or wrong answer. Obviously today’s economic climate means there is an aversion to risk, and planning long term has become much more difficult to do with the unpredictability of current markets.
Future trends of outsourcing – Domestic outsourcing
Outsourcing is becoming an established norm worlwide and all the indicators are it’s here to stay. Mainly due to cheaper technology, educated mobile workforces and high bandwidth urban connections the trend for outsourcing work has exploded in the last ten years and the growth shows no sign of abating any time soon. The trends in [...]
3D – Any Place for Quality in a World of Commodities?
In one of the forums I was posting on today the topic of high cost suppliers competing with low cost suppliers cropped up in a thread. The general gist was that in a level playing field that cost would always win out. You put the supplier from a high cost economy up against a supplier [...]
