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Service-rich manufacturing: China’s new killer app?
Lots of experts are still talking about how manufacturers in China, faced with rising labor and other manufacturing costs, might preserve their competitiveness and profitability. Here’s rundown on the strategies championed (mostly by those who manufacture nothing… but that’s another story). GO STATESIDE: Everyone chased cheap labor to China. Now that it’s not so cheap …
Ethical, profitable & competitive China manufacturing: focus on labor value, not labor costs
For manufacturers in China, the most effective hedge against rising costs is attracting, developing and retaining talent. In this case, the most effective is also the most ethically correct. This from the Huffington Post: As I’ve been saying (over and over again), an incremental upsurge in labor rates is not cause for China manufacturers to flee the …
Lean Leadership for the World Bank: Dr. Jim Yong Kim
OBAMA NOMINATES LEAN THINKER FOR WORLD BANK PRESIDENT When I read that President Obama nominated a guy named Jim Yong Kim for President of the World Bank, I thought his name sounded familiar. I finally checked him out on Wikipedia and realized he was the same guy I posted about back in September, 2009. I …
Lean Leadership for the World Bank: Dr. Jim Yong Kim
OBAMA NOMINATES LEAN THINKER FOR WORLD BANK PRESIDENT When I read that President Obama nominated a guy named Jim Yong Kim for President of the World Bank, I thought his name sounded familiar. I finally checked him out on Wikipedia and realized he was the same guy I posted about back in September, 2009. I …
My Interview with Rensselaer in China – Greater China Business Club
A group of obviously committed students and alumni from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute run Rensselaer in China | Greater China Business Club. Their interview with me can be read here. Continue reading
