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Silk Road International Blog: Great China Substance.
David Dayton over at the Silk Road Blog has for quite some time been churning out really good posts focused on China sourcing. The only reason I have not put this blog on our blogroll is because it is so difficult to navigate, due in large part (I suspect) to it being part of the [...]
Looking Out Airplane Windows In China Is For Grizzled Old China Hands ONLY
I did a post the other day, entitled, “Planes, Trains And Automobiles: The China Way,” extolling a James Fallows piece comparing “the Chinese way” with “the Japanese way.” Yesterday, I got a call from my friend and fellow Grinnell College alum, Paul Midler, who wanted to let me know he would be doing a post [...]
How To Stay Ahead Of China Counterfeiters
Interesting post on IP Dragon, entitled “What Global Players Could Learn From Wii versus Vii.” It is on how Nintendo is beating back a (legal/illegal?) Chinese rival making a game called Vii that mimics and even seeks to improve upon the Wii. IP Dragon puts forth the following fine tips on staying ahead of counterfeiters: [...]
China’s Changing Economy Is Changing Everything
Despite my inability to find anything on it through Google, I am convinced there was a TV show (or maybe a movie) with a character who, I believe, after getting completely dumped on would rise up and fight back, but not before first saying “Now that changes everything.” What show, what movie, what character? I [...]
Miss China Is Miss World 2007 — The Meaning, The Worldwide Repercussions, The Deep Analysis
As everyone probably knows by now, Miss China was crowned Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China (h/t to Fili). Though I did not watch any of the event and have not a single complaint about Zhang Zilin (see below), I have to think her victory is somehow connected to the event being held in China. [...]
Planes, Trains And Automobiles: The China Way
James Fallows, Atlantic Magazine writer extraordinaire, has a great post, entitled,”‘The’ way vs ‘a’ way (Japan v China dept),” comparing Japan’s way of doing things versus China’s (h/t to Experience Not Logic). Fallows uses fueling a plane as a great visual example, but to fully understand it, you must go to his blog check it [...]
Dell to reduce emissions on supplier side
I wrote a post couple of months ago on the plans of Dell Computer to become “The greenest technology company on earth” (See Sustainability in the supply chain: Dell needs to move quickly) Over there I wrote that Dell has lots of challenges to achieve this goal given the amount of investments which other companies [...]
Develop a map of your supply chain for higher transparency
It may be unbelievable but many logistics manager, especially in supply chains with multi-country operations don't have a clear view of how is the exact flow of material, info and money. Developing a map of your supply chain might seem really a basic thing but even if it is done at high-level, can make SC [...]
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