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Laborgistics.
It is erasing the lines between vendor and manufacturer
and creating a seamless border.
International Outsourcing Services (IOS), a $250 million
business with operational headquarters in
El Paso
and 13 plants in Ciudad Juárez,
Muzquiz and Ciudad Acuña combined with 5,000 employees, has
pioneered the concept of Laborgistics.
Today, two university professors, Dr. Jack Wentworth,
former Dean of the Indiana University School of Business, and
Dr. Dominique Roux, professor of Telecommunications Economics
for the College of the French Telecommunications Regulatory
Authority, are researching IOS and global outsourcing and
writing a new business textbook, Laborgistics, a New Tool for
Management. How can
what they’ve found help maquiladoras operate more efficiently
and more profitably?
IOS has had a presence in
Mexico
since 1979, with experienced
management on-site, connecting with
El Paso
operations headquarters,
corporate headquarters in
Bloomington
,
Ind.
, and worldwide operations in
China
,
France
,
Germany
and
Slovakia
.
“Some
U.S.
companies have resisted
liaisons with
Mexico
or
China
, whereas others like IOS have
learned not to fight and to instead work together on what is
used domestically,” said Steve Furr, IOS president.
Financial reasons and logistics determine where each
activity should be done — in the
United States
or abroad, he explained.
With its original
U.S.
business and established North American Operations Headquarters
in
El Paso
,
Texas
, IOS has become the North American leader in processing the
data and physical coupons to facilitate $2.5 billion in payments
between manufacturers and retailers.
IOS deployed similar technology in
Europe
and now...
...Continued
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