Indonesia is the next manufacturing center of Japan. It may come as a surprise to the workers of Japan but next year many of them are going to start losing their jobs as manufacturing giants start to pull up stakes and move to the friendly shores of the southern superstate.
Leading Japanese industries have discovered, to the impending dismay of their local employees, that Indonesia offers a very inviting social and business climate in which to do business. And it is ever so much cheaper.
As profits are squeezed, auto and industrial giants are looking for new ways to save money - with the added benefit of tapping into a huge up and coming market. Doing business in China is difficult at best and the population is somewhat unfriendly, not to mention the government restrictions. When you add the costs of corruption and pocket lining, the cost of business is ... costly.
You may ask why they would want to leave the friendly and comfortable environment of central Japan. Well, its not so friendly when you get the bill. Taxes, salaries and those added monthly benefits (like transportation costs for commuting workers) are very substantial and the new crops coming out of the university employee pool are proving weak.
Indonesians are educated, highly motivated and seriously less expensive to hire and train. The taxes are a fraction of what they are in Japan and the employee benefits packages vastly under priced due to the lower cost of living.
Even when you concider the costs of moving Japanese management personnel, the benefits to any profit driven industry are astounding.
Additional benefits include room to grow, excellent shipping location with easier access to future markets in Southeast Asia, India and Africa. Indonesia is clean but India is a dirty and uncomfortable place to live which is a big reason India lost out.
So for you future up and coming business mavens, what lanuage should you study?
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