Interesting article but I suspect that the scale that the author has experience with is wholly out of the league of an audio products firm doing business today.

I suspect that very low volume product (under 1000 units / yr) will never make sense to send over seas, as the risk is just too great.

Further I suspect that firms that have shifted VERY high volume manufacturing to multiple overseas facilities likely have learned the hard way that overhead costs virtually force them into consolidation in the lowest cost country regardless of how badly that hurts return rate and similar quality metrics. That seems the main point of the linked article.

My guess is that the Outlaws' target is far higher than 1000 units / year (though well below the sky high volume of the linked article) and their current efforts are needed to ensure the "return rate" is very small...