1#eros_zz For many products, labour is a small and diminishing fraction of total costs. And long, complex supply chains turn out to be riskier than many firms realised. When oil prices soar, transport grows dearer. When an epidemic such as SARS hits Asia or when an earthquake hits Japan, supply chains are disrupted.
对于许多商品,劳动力成本在总成本中比例非常小,并且正在呈现出下降趋势。长期来看,综合的供应链的风险性将超乎大多公司的意料。当油价提升,运输成本增加。当如“非典”这样的流行病袭击亚洲,或者地震袭击日本时,供应链就会中断。
这话印证了郎教授几年前的观点。
As to the subject,I want to say labor cost account for little while design \ transportation is a big piece,even labor cost is rising,they will not move back .for the significant resson that environmental pollution\resource degradation and so on!