Global Cash Solutions hired 500 workers to build ATM machines and self-service check-out counters at a plant in Columbus, GA, with plans to hire several hundred more employees by 2018. In the past, these machines were built in Hungary, China, and Brazil. Both shipping costs and quality control were cited as the reasons these companies have elected to change production strategy to ______________
A) competency control
B) benchmarking
C) insourcing
D) outsourcing

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The company has decided to change production strategy to insourcing, meaning they will produce the machines themselves in their Columbus, GA plant. This is due to the high costs associated with shipping and the need for quality control, which can be better managed through in-house production.

Global Cash Solutions Hired 500 Workers to Build ATM Machines