Gene Tyworth, Ph.D., chairman for the department of supply chain and information systems (SC&IS) at Penn State Smeal College of Business talks with VentureOutsource.com about the skill gaps in today’s supply chain managers and which important knowledge areas tomorrow’s supply chain leaders should focus on. Plus, much more…
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Tag Archives: Nokia
From Starbucks to Foxconn: A competitive supply chain is more than just lowering operations cost and inventories
Nokia restructuring and issues with outsourcing strategy
Nokia outsourced less than 5% of smartphone volume beginning 2010. Finding balance between leveraging internal strengths and faster execution. Competition from Apple, HTC, RIM driving margins downward. Nokia’s size obscures the fact their competition has been growing in recent years. Nokia attempting to make a hard change in course using Yahoo as one of its rudders.
iPhone market share: Enterprise demand may buck trends
There is growing evidence that the iPhone is making inroads into the enterprise. Although Apple has a relatively small position today, some on Wall Street expect Apple to gain considerable share in the enterprise market over the next several years, possibly driving upside to many Street estimates.
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Mobile phones: Troubled contract manufacturing?
When the economy is strong and market demand is good, this model will help an EMS provider grow because economies of scale can be leveraged and the manufacturing business and the component business can …
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