Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Generally, what we see is the country where the final assembly of a product took place. Almost every sophisticated manufacturer uses some kind of lean production system that pulls raw materials in from a warehouse. Why are supply chains structured this way with tiers of component makers who assemble progressively larger pieces?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization Cost Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

A friend is pregnant and it has become hard to buy water at local convenience stores and supermarkets in Tokyo (although another friend, who buys her water on-line, has had no supply disruptions). While in Kansai, Japan's second economic engine based around the city of Osaka, I found things operating pretty much as normal.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Long-term Lean Production Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

2 in its market; he also insisted that every business provide value no competitor could match, and that they all should be able to gain leverage from GE's distinctive strength in complex, engineering-intensive industrial enterprises — or they wouldn't fit. GE has its strengths in the management of large-scale industries.

Welch 8

Welch Diversity Hedge Chemicals 8