Harvard Business Review
MAY 26, 2016
However, until recently there was little evidence on this question in the countries that dominate global markets in low-cost manufacturing. To examine this possibility, I conducted research on recent developments in Nike Inc’s apparel supply chain with Jens Hainmueller of Stanford University and Richard M. Insight Center.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 15, 2014
How you answer this question may be the most important factor in how you design your product development process — and, ultimately, in whether your business succeeds or fails. Is market performance predictable for a specific product or class of products? Look at the variance of your new-market products.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 28, 2011
Japan is famous for its lean production systems and efficient supply chains. Supply chain problems cascade down to the local level as well. But these have proven to be very brittle in the face of this disaster. These disruptions extended beyond Japan as well, even to Apple and some medical devices makers.
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. We have seen the market penalize that approach.
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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