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Supply chain video: Managing your China supply chain (4-Last part)
And finally the third part of the presentation from Mike Bellamy of PassageMaker. If you want to see the 1-3 parts, you can go here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. I don´t know how you feel now about manufacturing in China after watching his presentation but I am scared!! The reality of course might [...]
Supply chain video: Managing your China supply chain (3)
Here comes the third part of the presentation from Mike Bellamy from PassageMaker. In this part he elaborates more on the problem of the products being copied by suppliers and suggests some solutions. One of the solutions is making a firewall. Actually I am going to write a separate post on that but till then [...]
Three issues in inventory optimizations and their solutions
In my point of vies, effective optimization of inventory in the supply chain is one of the most important tasks in SCM division but this task can very challenging. Below you can read some of my thoughts on the issues in inventory optimization and possible solutions for them: – It happens often times that as [...]
RosettaNet Summit Highlights Future Opportunities in B2B
Maybe you are familiar with RosettaNet Community: The organization is a non-profit consortium which develops universal standards for the global supply chain, emphasizing bottom-line, measurable results. Generally I can say it´s more of a technical organization but focused on supply chain and B2B. This year, RosettaNet is combining its bi-annual Global Community Summit with the [...]
Supply chain video: Managing your China supply chain (2)
Here comes the second part of the presentation from Mike Bellamy from PassageMaker. In this video, he continues with giving examples of un-cautious procurement managers who went to China for one month to find suppliers, shared some product data with some chinese firms and by the time they were coming back, their products was already [...]
What demand management solution is good for China?
Considering the the low transparency of operations in China, one question that comes to the mind is that: “What demand planning tools are better for companies which have China operations?” Well, the answer depends on whether the product demand is fast-changing or not. If not, it doesn´t really matter but for the other scenario, the [...]
Ambassador Alan Holmer on China, the SED, and US-China Relations
Just uploaded a few hours ago, Global Atlanta has just posted an excellent two part Youtube conversation between their reporter Trevor Williams and Alan Holmer on the current state of U.S. China relations, the role of SED (Strategic Economic Dialogue), and some of the issues they are addressing. What surprised me a bit was the [...]
Warner Brothers Closes Nanjing West Road Store
In yet another retail fatality, I am sorry to announce that the WB store is officially gone. Cut down to half the size a year or so ago, this store has been rumored to be on the brink for a while now… and it was just that time. Unfortunately, the WB store is not the [...]
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