Table V Benefits of off- and backshoring...

Table V

Benefits of off- and backshoring

	Only	Both off- and backshoring		Only
Benefits	offshoring	Offshoring	Backshoring	backshoring
Volume flexibility	3.01^a,g	3.40^f	3.45^e,g	4.09^a,e,f
Product quality	2.67^a,d	2.80^b,c	3.63^b,d,g	4.07^a,c,g
Product mix flexibility	2.96^a,g	3.02^b	3.37^e,g	4.02^a,b,e
Delivery reliability	2.66^a,c	2.82^b,e	3.52^c,e	3.91^a,b
Process quality	2.54^a,d	2.75^b,c	3.68^b,d	3.87^a,c
Delivery speed	2.60^a,c	2.92^b,g	3.50^c,g	3.86^a,b
Logistics costs	2.77^a,h	2.98^e	3.23^g,h	3.75^a,e,g
Other costs	3.06^e	3.37	3.45	3.68^e
Labour costs	4.03^a,b	3.67^e,f	2.76^b,e	3.05^a,f

	Only	Both off- and backshoring		Only
Benefits	offshoring	Offshoring	Backshoring	backshoring
Volume flexibility	3.01^a,g	3.40^f	3.45^e,g	4.09^a,e,f
Product quality	2.67^a,d	2.80^b,c	3.63^b,d,g	4.07^a,c,g
Product mix flexibility	2.96^a,g	3.02^b	3.37^e,g	4.02^a,b,e
Delivery reliability	2.66^a,c	2.82^b,e	3.52^c,e	3.91^a,b
Process quality	2.54^a,d	2.75^b,c	3.68^b,d	3.87^a,c
Delivery speed	2.60^a,c	2.92^b,g	3.50^c,g	3.86^a,b
Logistics costs	2.77^a,h	2.98^e	3.23^g,h	3.75^a,e,g
Other costs	3.06^e	3.37	3.45	3.68^e
Labour costs	4.03^a,b	3.67^e,f	2.76^b,e	3.05^a,f

Notes: ^a,b,c,dDifference is significant at the 0.001 level; ^e,fdifference is significant at the 0.01 level; ^g,hdifference is significant at the 0.05 level. Mean values and level of significant differences between groups by pairwise comparisons between columns for each item; column maximum in italic

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