Canon, a Japanese manufacturer of photographic equipment, decided against off$-$shoring and

kept its manufacturing and new product development processes in Japan, which has relatively

high labour costs. In contrast, GM$,$ headquartered in the United States, has joint venture with

Shanghai Auto Industry Corporation to produce Chevrolet in China. In $2020,$ GM said it sold more

cars and trucks in China than it did in the U$.$S$.$ for the first time in its $100-$year history. With the

mentioned cases:

i$.$ Discuss why these two companies chose different approaches to their off$-$shoring and supply

chain strategies. $(8$ marks$)$

ii$.$ Discuss and compare the dimensions of quality between these two products.