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Five Provinces Get New Leaders
Several years ago, while working with my old firm, I was working on a project with the Xuhui government. As part of this project and others, I met on Several occasions Mayor Sun Chao – who at the time was one of the most progressive politicians in China. Our first meeting was perhaps the most [...]
Korea Logistics Report 1
When it comes to supply chain management, there are many days when I feel like Koreans are more innovative, or at least more ambitious in driving supply chain innovation, compared to Japanese in the logistics industry. Mostly, however, I feel… Source: Asia Logistics Wrap
Shaping Supply Chains to Shape the World
As I progress through my career in supply chain management, I have been stepping back lately to put the work I am doing in more perspective. It is easy for all of us to get caught up in daily activities,… Source: Asia Logistics Wrap
eKarma: Have a little Virus, Pirates
Third Ring Road East Breathing deep the inversion layer 1022 hrs. Steven Schwankert of Village Grouch fame wrote an excellent piece for IDG (picked up here in The Washington Post) describing how Chinese fans seeking to download illegal copies of Ang Lee’s excellent film “Lust, Caution” are finding on their hard drives not a copy [...]
Get Over Single-Browser Optimized Websites – Or Lose Money
Starbucks Fortune Plaza, Beijing Enjoying the gloomy fall weather 1517 hrs. I probably receive about four invitations a day to some sort of event – either live or electronic – from some event management company. One, in particular, is very active here in Asia in mobile communications. They’re running an event in December that I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Carly Fiorina´s keynote speech at CSCMP 2007 conference
At the CSCMP 2007 (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) held this week in Philadelphia, keynote speaker Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, talked about some of the highlights of her career with HP in respect to supply chain. Even though she could inspire some people, I heard that supply chain guys like Dan Gilmore [...]
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