Transcript Off-shore Employment Slideshow

FEI-Duke
CFO
Outlook
Survey
1st Quarter 2004
Which presidential candidate do you think will be
better in the following categories?
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
GDP growth
US
employment
Homeland
security
Kerry
Foreign policy
Bush
Domestic
issues
no difference
Stock market
Interest rates
Over the past 3 years, has your company increased,
decreased, or maintained the number of jobs
outsourced outside of the US?
70%
60%
50%
40%
61.2%
30%
20%
34.7%
10%
4.1%
0%
Increased
Decreased
Maintained
What skill-level jobs have you outsourced to locations
outside of the US? (select all that apply)
60%
50%
40%
30%
57.7%
50.0%
20%
10%
0.0%
0%
Low
Moderate
High
What types of functions do you outsource
to locations outside of the US?
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
ManufacturingTech supportProgram m ing Engineering Back office
Custom er DP/data centerMaintenance
service
Other, specified: manufacturing, legal, audit, tax, sales, pre-sales support, tooling
Custom er
help desk
Other
What are your reasons for outsourcing jobs
outside of the US? (select all that apply)
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Reduced
wages
Reduced
health care
costs
Support other
Expand
offshore ops service hours
Provide
Reached
capabilities USCIS limit on
not available
work visas
in US
Other, specified: proximity to supply chain; parent company in UK; match customer
moves; proximity to customers; customers want offshore sourcing; shorter lead
times; lower overall product cost; better service for lower cost; better quality
Other
Rate your satisfaction with the overall performance of
the functions you outsourced outside of the US.
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Poor
Below average
Average
Above average
Excellent
No opinion