Outsourcing is when you take certain parts of a company like call centers or tech support

and have another company work on them.  Offshoring is when you move an entire factory or

warehouse to another part of the world,  when you do this you can find cheaper labor and lower taxes.


               I know that I have experienced Outsourcing,  whenever I call a company whether it be to

pay a bill or to ask a question,  I always get someone that has an accent or seems to be from

somewhere else.  I don't think that I have experienced offshoring,  I think that is a little harder to spot.


               Supply chain is when you have the distribution center and the retailer and the customer all

working together to keep the flow of merchandise going.  Wal mart uses this really well by keeping

a very keen eye on what the customer is buying and when they are buying it,  so they are able to

keep up with the demand of the product.  I used to work for wal mart unloading the trucks,  everyday

we would get two to three trucks filled with all the different items that everyone was buying.  There

was also an invoice of everything that came in.  I also worked for Albertsons distribution where

all the product was filtered to the different stores.  the stores would order everything and we would

have to pick all of the cases to palletjacks and conveyor belts.  We had to pick so many cases an hour

to get the product to the stores on time for the customers.


              Every time that I went on the internet and search for something I use google,  I soon as I hit

search a bunch of similar ads would pop up.  I find these ads very annoying and at the same time

time they could be help full by informing you of better products.  Google seems to know everything

these days when I type something in the search box I only need to type a couple of letters,  Google

then displays a mile long list of similar items that i was looking for.