Write an analysis for the case:
“Fast, Global and Entrepreneurial:
Supply China Management, Hong Kong Style
– An interview with Victor Fung”
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
1. Strategic evolution in the new age of global competition 4 - Acquisitions - Outsourcing Deal - Supply Chain Management
2. Key success factors of Li & Fung 7 - Long term relationship with the suppliers - Dispersed Manufacturing/Borderless conversion strategy - The concept of “Soft $3” - Focus on core business and outsourcing the high cost segments
3. Discuss the strengths/weakness/opportunities and threats 8 given the recent and future economic climate - SWOT Summaries of Li & Fung
4. Li & Fung future under HK Government’s strategy to make 10 HK become a regional logistics hub
5. Strategies to take advantage of the change in China (WTO) 11
Conclusion 12
Bibliography 13
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ABSTRACT
Li & Fung Limited is one of the global leaders in consumer goods design, development, sourcing and distribution. The company, along with its subsidiaries, provides supply chain management services to the retailers and various brands across the globe. It also provides logistics solution. It offers its services through three distinct interconnected business networks – Trading, Logistics and Distribution. The company along with its subsidiaries principally operates through a network of over 15000 suppliers, and over 240 offices and distribution centers in 40 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. The following will analyze the strategic evolution of Li & Fung in the new age of global competition. Also, it will discuss the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of their strategy given the recent and future economic. Moreover, it will find out the success factors of
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