How Localization Best Practices Can Make or Break Your International Expansion

Communication and Translation Critical to Production Outsourcing

When moving manufacturing to a different country, localization services can be essential to achieving rapid investment maturity dates. Lacking manufacturing localization, physical capital can remain unused longer than necessary, cutting into profits and increasing the cost of the investment. Reliable communication across all lines of the project, as well as among the various stakeholders of the manufacturing process, depends on savvy resource providers. It is vital to have sophisticated mechanisms in place to ensure accurate communication and high quality control that is standardized across all locations.

The obvious benefit of shifting the manufacturing to a less developed country is that it allows the manufacturer to cut labor costs, which often represent the largest portion of manufacturing expenses. However, a firm can only benefit from transferring production to a new labor market if the move does not result in new costs. This is where translation services come in. The ability to translate your message and easily interpret local communication makes establishing the factory, navigating local bureaucracy, staffing the factory, training new workers, and maintaining product quality more efficient and less expensive.

Different countries have different labor standards that new factories must meet, as well as unfamiliar tax structures. A localization project manager can help understand and fulfill these requirements, and minimize language difficulties that would otherwise complicate an already challenging process.

Plus, it is important to have effective translation of materials that explain the production process and use of raw materials to workers. Protecting the value of capital and the quality of the product requires the ability to communicate with workers. The longer it takes to get them “up to speed,” the smaller the gain from decreased labor costs.

adaQuest is committed to putting its extensive history of manufacturing localization consulting to work to ensure the success of your outsourcing efforts. If you are ready to discuss how we can serve your manufacturing localization goals, we are ready to help. We are available by phone at 425.284.7800, or email us at adainfo@adaquest.com.