We are living in a more global world for each day that passes. Before manufacturing was simple, there was a factory making for example elevators in Finland. They had their own materials and maybe some suppliers next to the factory who supplied them with the rest of the stuff. The elevator was assembled in Finland and then sent to Germany or whatever country bought it. Today the parts would mainly come from China and the assembling will also be done here. The HQ in Finland will do the sales, after sales and provide software for the elevator. The way of making business has shifted a lot. A Finnish company called ETLA came and gave us a presentation about this last week.
So how will Finland be competetive in the future when most of the manufacturing is moving? There are 2 resons why the factories are moving.
1 - Cheaper labor cost and maintenance costs
2 - The market is in Asia now, Europe is not growing with a 8% annual GDP
I also went to listen to a presentation of how to FIND YOUR DREAM JOB. The speakers knew a lot about how to look for a job but only in the western countries. The presentations they made was clearly not focused on foreigners looking for jobs in Chinese companies here. Anyway, I pretty much found my dream job already, just came for the beer :)
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