Aprenda las lecciones de algunas de las compañías principales en China

Por Russel Beron

La innovación es una palabra que estamos oyendo mucho más en de China actualmente. El consenso es que como fabricación los costes en China continúan levantándose y complejidad de la cadena de fuente aumenta, así que las compañías tienen que innovar para ahorrar el dinero y para aumentar eficacia.

En esta historia tomamos una mirada más profunda en lo que están haciendo algunas compañías e individuos en China, extranjera y chino para conducir la manera en el servicio, gerencia del surtidor, ÉL puesta en práctica, tan bien como eficacia costada y de proceso. Estas compañías e individuos eran todos los ganadores de concesiones en la cumbre del noviembre de 2007 CHaINA.

Los avances a través de la cadena de fuente en China la están tomando a forma de nuevo las puestas en práctica, mayores niveles del servicio con 3PL's, una gerencia mejor del surtidor, localización estratégica de operaciones y de un foco creciente en el R&D doméstico y desarrollo de recursos humanos y otros locales. Lea el resto “de los aumentos de la cadena de fuente de China la barra - pieza I” o fije un comentario

Por Richard Kaye

El error mucha gente hace cuando contratar fabricantes o los productos que compran a China es pensar barato. El precio coste-más bajo más bajo, descuento del descuento del descuento. There is a much better alternative and one that traders are not currently exploiting.

For example lets take a pair of shoes. Almost 50% of all the shoes sold in the UK originate in China. Now the costs involved in manufacturing a pair of shoes include the cost of materials, ie. leather, the cost of packaging, the cost of the overhead…rent rates electric etc, the cost of labour & management and of course the cost of shipping. However, think of this… the labour aspect of the combined costs is probably less than 10%. Read the rest of “Cheap or value added” or post a comment

Hello,
I know of a Chinese cement manufacturer that’s looking for funding to
replace their old standing kilns with new “dry” rotary kilns that will
increase efficiency and reduce pollution and is as a matter of fact,
mandated by the government.

Would you Read the rest of “Chinese cement manufacturers” or post a comment

Much thought and effort goes into the selection of vendors, but how much effort do you put into selecting an audit provider? Many potential clients begin their conversations with “We have tried third party auditors in the past…”

Does that sound familiar? I can’t tell you how to pick one company over another. Your particular industry and needs will determine who is right for you. What I can do, is give you some advice about audits in general.

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By Dan Harris

My friend Chris Carr, dean of the CalPoly MBA program and the brains behind the International Business Tour blog has a very thoughtful post, entitled, “Will Paying More Change Behavior And Make Someone More Ethical?” Thoughtful, but wrong.

The post centers on whether paying more gets you better performance and/or better ethics, and Chris pretty much says it does not:

“Some suggested that we could solve the problem of too many defective products coming from China by paying more to the Chinese suppliers that make this stuff. I questioned that assumption, and still do.

One example I gave in that discussion thread was that if paying people more solved the problem, then why does paying most good employees more still result in good performance, but not superior performance? (See Comment No. 29.) And why does paying most bad employees more money still get you bad performance, and not good performance? (If you feel that more money correlates to higher performance, come see me after you have hired, managed and fired more than a few people, and let’s compare notes.)”

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