based manufacturing company‚ founded in 1992‚ that produces printed circuit boards ( PCBs)‚ focusing on motherboards and graphics cards for the personal computer industry. By early 2000s‚ the company had evolved into an original design manufacturer (ODM) by taking active role in innovating and designing new generation components. The company relentlessly focuses on cost management and indigenous design. In 2001‚ the company shifted all its production volume to china that enhanced learning and provided
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supporting Process supporting fulfillment of existing fulfillment of new orders（3R） orders（3T） TCM TPM TQM R&D HR CR Value increase Win-Win GNP Global Logistics JIT Marketing Products Order gained Global distribution Order performance Products+ODM resource Global P/D Network Order info Distribution Capital Budgets GCR Global users Global marketing network Computerized Info System Haier Corporate Culture 1. Business flow restructuring is the basis of Haier Supply-chain Management，shifting
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Environment The PC industry can be analyzed using Porter’s Five Forces. The first force is threat or barriers of entry. Here‚ the threat is high and barriers are low. Although certain brands own the majority of the market‚ the costs to manufacture are extremely low‚ and the prices of these components are declining yearly at 25% to 30%. The capital required is relatively inexpensive‚ as well. Also‚ unbranded “white box” PC makers have become prevalent overseas; showing anyone who can make a
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1. Describe the nature of operations management at Galanz in terms of their (1) operations decisions‚ and‚ (2) operational objectives. How has the importance of the objectives changed over the years? Considering the development of Chinese economy‚ Galanz decided to introduce microwave oven into Chinese market from 1991. At the beginning‚ Galanz had to import equipment and technology from overseas‚ because they lacked of associated technology and technical expertise at home (p436). Compare with the
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1. The two main focuses for Cisco‚ specifically related to the Viking‚ were offering the lowest possible cost in combination with innovative‚ high-end technological advancements. Cisco believed they would be capable of achieving these goals by outsourcing manufacturing processes to partners who would take responsibility for components planning and procurement‚ order scheduling‚ designing manufacturing processes‚ and overall supply chain management. Cisco would be freed up to add value by focusing
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Sdn. Bhd. Hard disk drives & components Freescale Semiconductor (M) Sdn. Bhd. Integrated circuit. Dell Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd Desktop & laptop personal computer systems First Solar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Solar cells & modules. Flextronics Technologies (M) Sdn. Bhd. Computer‚ telecommunication and networking products National Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd. Integrated circuits. Malaysian Refining Company Sdn. Bhd. Liquefied petroleum gas‚ chemical naphtha‚ gasoline‚ etc
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Topic: What are the megatrends which will shape our world Megatrends Introduction With population growth and economic improvement‚ human beings are naturally increasing their demand towards happiness. The current trend to pursue happiness (demand to consume resources) generates the global demand in the world. Sustainability is crucial behind this trend. Our the only planet with limited resources may not be affordable to feed all people living on earth If our population continues to grow and personal
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U.S. warehouse Þ Cutting logistic cost Problems of sole-sourcing Ü The major benefit of sole-sourcing is simple management and the cost of managing multi-sourcing is seen to be higher. Whereas‚ relying on a sole original design manufacturer (ODM) for both development and production of technology products is risky because USTech may have seen the supply of his business through the supplier prospective‚ in this case‚ TaiSource. It also has less control of the quality and cost of production. Given
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Comparative advantage and exports in china Comparative advantage by Paul Samuelson is the ability of a certain country to produce goods or services at a lower opportunity cost (the act of giving up something to obtain the better one) than the other. I chose this topic because it is the most important concept in international trade theory. Also is for the purpose of differentiating comparative advantage and absolute advantage in which most of the people fail to distinguish them. That
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Matching Dell 1. Analyzing Dell’s value chain and competitive strategy‚ explain how Dell was able to succeed (build competitive advantage) in the low profitable situation of the PC market. “Value Chain Analysis” is a tool for analyzing the value creation system of competitors. Objective is to develop a value creating system with competitive advantage. A value chain is a chain of activities. Products pass all activities of the chain in order and at each activity the product gains some value. The
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