Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” As they learn the skills, they can move up the value chain themselves, biting the hand that fed them.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

Hospira is an advanced contract manufacturer. The United States pioneered the concept of contract manufacturing organizations in the 1980s when Japan was a fearsome economic power and Western companies were realizing they could no longer rely on the vertically integrated production philosophy that dated to Henry Ford.

Contract Manufacturing 9

Contract Manufacturing Offshoring Supply Chain Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Even in this contentious election year, all sides agree on one issue: The loss of American manufacturing jobs over the past decade has been a disaster for the U.S. It would be unrealistic to imagine a return to low-value-add, low-skill, low-wage production in the commodity industries that employed millions of Americans a century ago.

Finance 10

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

And it’s not just low skilled, manual labor that’s at risk — “knowledge” work like operational analytics and marketing is also being taken over by sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms.

Mass Marketing 13

Mass Marketing Technology Contract Manufacturing Insurance 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The resulting challenges may include new contract-manufacturing relationships, which can be a complicated and disorienting process for the uninitiated. New skills may be required, new distribution options may emerge, and field conflict (direct and channel) is not uncommon. Operations. and design and user experience.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2015

An entrepreneur can rent computing capacity from Amazon Web Services, find skilled designers via eLance, accelerate software development with GitHub, place targeted advertisements on Google or Facebook, and tap into a legion of contract manufacturers. Imagine starting a computer hardware business today.

Innovation 8

Innovation Business Model Software Contract Manufacturing 8