We had 1 successful project from the Philippines. When I went there, I was suprised how well educated the factory workers were. They spoke perfect English and knew exactly what to do. But something in their culture didn't mix well with their Korean managers and they soon ran into a lot of problems. Our 2nd project had to be transported to China at great expense after waiting over 1.5 years. In 3 weeks the Chinese factory was done, with all the parts corrected and finished properly. There is a huge learning curve changing even from one factory to another.
