Lean Production Long-term Supply Chain Technology 
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 12, 2012
Every successful conglomerate we know of — GE, Honeywell, Tata and United Technologies Corporation among them — has prospered by doing two things. How, then, can conglomerates succeed over the long term while remaining large and relatively diverse? But that probably won't work. There is no universal answer.
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?
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