Due to much lower labour costs in Mexico, and the labour-intensive nature of building bicycle wheels, Kona Bicycles is considering assembling its bicycle wheels at a factory in Mexico. It costs 2,020 (USD) to send enough parts to make 1,090 bicycle wheels (See image below) from Canada to a factory in Mexico and returned to Canada. The assembly cost per bicycle wheel in Canada is 5.13 (USD). The assembly cost per bicycle wheel in Mexico is 2.25 (USD). To ensure that the Kona's quality standards are being