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Article: Contract manufacturers make big inroads in Japan.
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- Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2004
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Sep. 13--OSAKA, Japan -- More and more manufacturing firms are turning to contract manufacturers to make or put together their products in a bid to cut labor costs.
Contract manufacturers can dispatch workers to the factories of various companies. They can work in a variety of areas, such as providing engineering services, processing orders and distributing or assembling products.
These firms first entered the market in the late 1970s and saw a surge in business in the late 1990s amid the recession.
Contract workers differ from temporary workers in that outsourcing manufacturers cannot instruct or supervise them directly.
At Sharp ...