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Saying "SNAFU" in Chinese
Heqiao Tower, Guanghua Road, Beijing Waiting for another meeting to start 1535 hrs. Melinda Liu over at Newsweek blogs on the run-up to the Olympics in her Countdown to Beijing blog. Covering the Olympic ticket website meltdown, Melinda asks some really good questions. She also quotes yours truly. BOCOG Don’t Get Web. Worth a read. [...]
Soldiers strip to the waist at Taiwan's 'Double Ten' celebrations
If you haven’t seen the footage of the military parade at Taiwan’s National Day celebrations on October 10, the following photo is not from the Sydney Gay Mardi Gras. It is in fact, a photo of Taiwanese Navy marines who are trying to show that they are ready to kick mainland butt. Chinese websites describe [...]
Boeing takes back some design responsibilities as the suppliers can`t keep the quality
Well, remember the earlier post which I wrote on the new supplier relationship system at Boeing? I warned about the drawbacks of over-outsourcing the design activities to the suppliers AND…Here it comes: A Boeing boss has stated that some of its main and smaller suppliers for the ambitious new 787 jetliner have fallen short of [...]
What you should do to green your supply chain
These days that greening supply chains have found their way to the top of the agenda specially in industries such as electronics and semi-conductors, the related media also covered some of the aspects and practices in sustainability of the value chain. Among them, I liked one article in Electronics Supply and Manufacturing with the title [...]
Top five supply chains in Africa
Short news for the people who do business with Africa: The results of a survey about trade logistics done by World Bank shows that the following countries have the most reliable supply chains in Africa: 1) South Africa 2) Tunisia 3) Guinea 4) Sudan and Mauritania 5) Kenya The survey examined supply chains for efficiency [...]
How suppliers´roles have changed at Boeing
Steven Schaffer, vice president of global partners at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, was selected couple of weeks ago as the supply chain manager of the year by Purchasing Magazine. One of the reasons for this choice was his revolutionary plan to change the role of the suppliers for Boeing components. In another post I am going [...]
Oracle continues round of acquisitions with the bid for BEA
You may have read my earlier post on the overview of the market for enterprise software and applications and the role of Oracle. As I mentioned there, Oracle´s strategy for growth is based acquisitions and crazy rate of company purchasing by Oracle (More than 30 companies in the last 3 years!) has been a major [...]
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