Worked in E-Commerce for a while; Walmart seller center outsources the most to India, and it shows. The admin dashboard runs like shit, yet demands the most of you in terms of compliance.

I.e. if you sell a pallet of 8 semi-tires, Walmart will DEMAND that you ship via 1 day lag time, even if it was bought on Saturday (a non-work day). This is impossible for STL and LTL distribution, but Walmart does not care.

Walmart will also demand material spec sheets and various licensure/paperwork for literally EVERYTHING, with no goodwill/faith in site. Yet, Walmart so less frequented to its competitors that it has absolutely no leverage to push these through.

============================================================= Pretty sure this is a reflection of both the American corporate establishment and the Indian mindset.

American corpo's will put in the smallest amount of effort, yet demand you compensate on their behalf, since they believe they can get away with it. They take comfort in a sort of economic "divine right," where by nature of their heredity, others must compensate for their now-waning comparative advantage.

As for Indian's, they try to mimic what they believe are "Western standards," but are so clearly out of the loop that they end up shitting all over the rug. They do this because of an unearned sense of achievement, thinking they can compete or outperform the West. Then, when they are inevitably unable meet metrics, they just try to preserve their positions by playing off your morality and asking for "documents," "proof," or "license". They do not understand they lack any leg to stand on.

============================================================= They only way to beat this unholy alliance is to open an American business that delivers a better product while protecting American workers. That, or if running a multi-national business, making sure the branches are localized to the native populations that then sell to the same populations.

Globalization is not necessarily evil if it respects cultures, rather than trying to force-miscegenation everyone into a brown poo for an extra penny on the P&L sheet.

Boeing, like so many dysgenic corpos, are ultimately paper tigers in the long run (if they don't change). It shouldn't be too hard to break through them given enough time, and a proper long-term business approach.