Learn lessons from some of the leading companies in China从中吸取教训，一些领先的公司在中国

By Russel Beron由罗素beron

Innovation is a word we are hearing a lot more of in China these days. 创新是一个词，我们经常听到的，还有更多的在中国的这些日子。 The consensus is that as manufacturing costs in China continue to rise and supply chain complexity increases, so companies have to innovate both to save money and to increase efficiency. 共识是，由于制造成本，在中国继续崛起和供应链复杂性增加，因此企业有创新，既要省钱，并提高工作效率。

In this story we take a deeper look into what a few companies and individuals in China, both foreign and Chinese are doing to lead the way in service, supplier management, IT implementation, as well as cost and process efficiency.在这个故事，我们采取一个更深入的研究，也是个别公司和个人在中国，无论是外国或中国正在做的，领导方式，在服务，供应商管理，它的实施，以及成本和处理效率。 These companies and individuals were all winners of awards at the November 2007 CHaINA Summit.这些公司和个人所有获奖者颁发奖项，在2007年11月chaina首脑会议。

Advances across the supply chain in China are taking the form of new IT implementations, greater levels of service through 3PL’s, better supplier management, strategic location of operations and an increased focus on domestic R&D and development of local human and other resources.预付款整个供应链在中国正在形成新的，它的实施，更大程度的服务，通过第三方物流的，更好的供应商管理，战略位置和行动，并更加注重国内的研发和开发当地人力资源和其他资源。 Read the rest of “China’s Supply Chain raises the bar - Part I” or post a comment经过休息的"中国的供应链提出了酒吧-第一部分" ，或张贴一条评论

By Richard Kaye由理查德凯

The mistake many people make when engaging manufacturers or buying products in China is to think cheap. 错误的，很多人，使从事制造商或购买产品，在中国，是觉得便宜。 Lowest cost-lowest price, discount discount discount. 最低成本最低价格，优惠折扣优惠。 There is a much better alternative and one that traders are not currently exploiting. 有一个更好的办法来替代，一贸易商目前尚未开发。

For example lets take a pair of shoes.举例来说，让一个双鞋。 Almost 50% of all the shoes sold in the UK originate in China.几乎全部的50 ％ ，鞋子售出在英国起源于中国。 Now the costs involved in manufacturing a pair of shoes include the cost of materials, ie.现在所涉及的费用，制造一双鞋，包括材料费，即。 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.皮革，成本的包装，成本开销…租金率电灯等，劳工成本及管理和当然的运输费用。 However, think of this… the labour aspect of the combined costs is probably less than 10%.不过，想到这…劳工方面的合并费用大概不到百分之十。 Read the rest of “Cheap or value added” or post a comment经过休息的"廉价或增值"或张贴一条评论

Hello,你好，
I know of a Chinese cement manufacturer that’s looking for funding to我所知道的一个中国水泥制造商的寻找资金
replace their old standing kilns with new “dry” rotary kilns that will取代旧有的常委会窑与新的"干"回转窑将
increase efficiency and reduce pollution and is as a matter of fact,提高效率，减少污染，是众所周知的事，事实上，
mandated by the government.授权由政府决定。

Would you你会 Read the rest of “Chinese cement manufacturers” or post a comment经过休息， "中国水泥生产商"或张贴一条评论

Much thought and effort goes into the selection of vendors, but how much effort do you put into selecting an audit provider? 很多心血和努力，进入选择供应商，但有多少努力，你投入选拔审计提供商？ Many potential clients begin their conversations with “We have tried third party auditors in the past…” 许多潜在的客户开始他们的交谈， "我们已经尽了第三方审计师在过去… … "

Does that sound familiar?这是否耳熟？ I can’t tell you how to pick one company over another.我不能告诉你如何挑选一家公司一种标准。 Your particular industry and needs will determine who is right for you.您的特定行业和需求，将决定谁是最适合你。 What I can do, is give you some advice about audits in general.我能做的，就是让大家有意见，对审计工作的一般问题。

Read the rest of “Evaluating your Audit Provider” or post a comment >> 经过休息的"评价你们审计商"或张贴一条评论 > >

By Dan Harris由丹哈里斯

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, “ 我的朋友克里斯卡尔迪恩的calpoly MBA课程和大脑背后的国际商务旅游博客有一个非常有见地后，题为" Will Paying More Change Behavior And Make Someone More Ethical? 将付出更多的改变行为，使别人更合乎道德吗？ ” Thoughtful, but wrong. "经过深思熟虑的，但错误的。

The post centers on whether paying more gets you better performance and/or better ethics, and Chris pretty much says it does not:邮政中心就是否付出更多让你更好的性能和/或更好的道德，克里斯漂亮得多说，它不：

“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. "有些代表提出，我们可以解决的问题太多，有缺陷的产品来自中国付出更多的是向中国的供应商，使这个东西。 I questioned that assumption, and still do. 我质疑这个假设，而现在仍是这样。

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? 其中一个例子，我在这方面的讨论论题是，如果付出更多的人解决问题，那么为什么付出最良好的员工更多，仍然导致良好表现，而不是性能优越？ (See Comment No. 29.) And why does paying most bad employees more money still get you bad performance, and not good performance? （见第29号）及为何不付出最不好的员工更多的钱还能要你不好的表现，并没有良好的表现？ (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.)” （如果你觉得更多的钱对应更高的性能，来见我，当你租用的，有管理的，并发射多几个人，并让我们比较注） " 。

Read the rest of “Why Paying More Is Good China Business” or post a comment经过休息的"为什么付出，更重要的是良好的中国企业"或张贴一条评论