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To: benwood who wrote (8841)	7/7/2004 10:42:48 PM
From: ChrisJP	Respond to of 116555

Hi Ben, yes I would guess the engineering labor costs for work done in India is 1/2 to 1/4 the cost of it being done here. I still think there are some inefficiencies/overhead that aren't being measured that make it more like 1/2 to 2/3 of the cost. But that's just me guessing. All I was really trying to say is that the saving from offshoring engineering is no way close to the savings from offshoring manufacturing jobs. Some of the incentive is like I said -- the USA does not produce enough engineers. And most of them don't stay engineers after 5 - 8 years of working in Dilbert-like conditions. The smart ones with some hint of people skills are quickly put into management or marketing. Chris