MoreDuring the next 12 months, the value of outsourced services in general U.S. manufacturing will reach $340bn. Among packaging companies, nearly 60% are outsourcing one or more of their manufacturing processes, according to figures gleaned from a survey by the Contract Manufacturers Institute, Las Vegas, NV. As outsourcing grows in popularity -- 15% annually according to the New York-based Outsourcing Institute -- it would stand to reason that as consumer product companies continue to consolidate, certain functions, including package design, may increasingly fall under the category of "non-essential" internal operations.
