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The German company KHS GmbH is a supplier of filling and packaging systems based in Dortmund, Germany. The company offers filling lines for glass and PET bottles, kegs, and cans for the beverage, food, and non-food industries. KHS is a wholly owned by Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH, Germany. While the product is selling well the high production costs in Germany mean that the profit margin is small and the firm’s shareholders have requested that management should investigate ways in which the production costs can be reduced. Management have been investigating moving production to other countries with lower labour costs. Their initial country scan has identified Indonesia as showing promise as possibilities. However, as the products are dedicated to the German market and as the local business partner expects on-time….