Year: 2005

Competing with China

5th October 2005 - Daniel T Jones

There are two sea changes going on in the world economy. The first is the rise of the “low cost” producers in China and the second is the lean revolution which is now gaining momentum. Although...

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Broken Business Models

13th September 2005 - Daniel T Jones

When the CEO of the mighty Wal-Mart asks the UK government for protection from competition from Tesco, one fifth its size, it is clear something significant is going on. The rise of Tesco is not...

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Supply Chain Walks

2nd August 2005 - Daniel T Jones

One of the most interesting things I do is to take a walk through a complete supply chain. I did this twice last week. The first was from a vegetable grower through a consolidation warehouse to a...

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