My point is that in factory jobs, the end result is usually just to get the job done, whatever that may be (building parts of a car, etc). As long as the workers can understand you and you can communicate what needs to be done, it can work.

White collar jobs usually involve more meetings, knowledge of business culture and language. This is much more difficult to outsource to countries that don't share any of the same culture and language.

This is also why outsourcing development jobs has been mostly a disaster for US companies.

>outsourcing development jobs

Outsourcing in the sense of sending to offshore body shops. Somewhat true.

But a lot of companies distribute development around the world in various ways. It's not only about taking advantage of lower costs, but some of it is.