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Responsa: China Unicom and GPRS
Workers’ Stadium North Road Hiding from the icy winds 0947 hrs. Since NetNanny has seen fit to once again mark all TypePad blogs off limits, I am compelled to respond to comments with posts (and to once again wonder about hosting alternatives. CU doth know GPRS… Kevin Prest responds to my comment that “Unicom knows [...]
The Technical Side Of China Trademark Law: Forget You Ever Read This
China Business Law Blog has an excellent post up, entitled, “China Trademark Update: Has Your Distributor (Representative, Manufacturer) in China Registered your Mark?” stressing the importance of foreign companies registering their trademarks in China soonest. Beyond that, the post does an excellent job analyzing a Chinese Supreme Court case holding that agents who register the [...]
China Manufacturing: That’s The Way I Like It
Interesting post up at the brand new Smart Cube blog, entitled, “Survey: Global Manufacturers Staying Put in China,” on how Mattel’s problems have had almost no effect on foreign manufacturing in China. The post is based on a survey finding that the recent recalls of tainted and toxic China-made products has not caused foreign companies [...]
GM China implements CDC’s supply chain solution
CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation and the provider of industry-specific enterprise applications, announced that its CDC Supply Chain Solutions were implemented at a new parts distribution and packaging center of Shanghai General Motors, a 50-50 joint venture partnership between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Group (SAIC). According to Business Wire, Shanghai [...]
Rolls Royce uses RFID for asset tracking in suply chain
Rolls-Royce, the manufacturer of gas turbines and engines, has been testing RFID for use in tracking its internal supply chain. Ultimately, the company hopes to determine whether the technology can be utilized across its entire operation, to cut costs and improve its logistics operations. According to RFID Journal, Rolls-Royce is exploring how RFID might help [...]
The 2007 winners of CHaINA award for superior achievement in logistics were selected
Couple of weeks ago, the China Supply Chain Council presented its CHaINA Awards for the third times to celebrate superior achievements that are enabled by supply chain management in China. Over 150 supply chain senior executives gathered to give recognition and compliments to five outstanding winners at a prestigious gala dinner held at the Shanghai [...]
GM uses the experience of social networking websites for IT supplier collaboration
General Motors has developed a set of best practices based on social networking and open source projects to specify how IT suppliers and users companies communicate. The standard is designed to minimize the risk of failure in complex IT projects involving third-party suppliers. Computer Weekly reported that General Motors looked at how teenagers communicate using [...]
The partnership between Andlor and FreeFlow to enhance reverse logistics capabilities
Among the partnership news from last week, one notable one was between FreeFlow, a provider of inventory asset management services, and Andlor, a provider of reverse logistics software for manufacturers, distributors and third party logistics providers. The partnership pairs FreeFlow's award-winning solution for dispositioning returned, excess and obsolete inventory with Andlor's growing roster of customers [...]
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