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Category Archives: China
IT Outsourcing Slowing
Outsourcing bubble getting Busted: What should India do? – commenting on the 2006 Global IT Outsourcing Study Essentially the study says the outsourcing IT will continue to grow though more slowly than it has. It also states the benefits of … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economics, India, IT, Management
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China’s Manufacturing Economy
Brad Setser posts on manufacturing comparisons: Have China’s manufacturing powers been exaggerated? [the broken link was removed] I am all for pushing against over-generalizations that get repeated so often that they become conventional wisdom. The oft-stated argument that France isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economics, Manufacturing, Popular
Tagged China, economic data, Manufacturing, USA
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Manufacturing Jobs Data: USA and China
Manufacturing Productivity and the Shifting US, China, and Global Job Scenes-1990 to 2005 (working paper – July 2005) by William Ward, Clemson University: Manufacturing productivity growth from 1990 to 2004 should have taken away 7.5 million of the 17.7 million … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economics, Manufacturing, Popular, quote
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Toyota in China: Full Speed Ahead
Toyota in China: Full Speed Ahead [the broken link was removed], Business Week. Yoshimi Inaba, who’s driving the Japanese auto maker’s expansion in the Middle Kingdom, discusses the Chinese market and his goals there. Toyota’s market share is just 3.5% … Continue reading
Posted in China, Management, Manufacturing, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged China, Toyota
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Lean Manufacturing Success
K&S makes first shipment to China [the broken link was removed] by Buzz Ball The award was given for K&S Wire’s continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence and its implementation of “lean” enterprise principles into its everyday operations. It is because … Continue reading
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Tagged Lean thinking
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La-Z-Boy Lean
La-Z-Boy changing production lines to compete with China [the broken link was removed]: But in an attempt to better compete with the overseas market, the Neosho plant, along with six others in its division, is transitioning to the Lean Cellular … Continue reading
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Tagged lean manufacturing
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Global Manufacturing Data by Country
I am still looking for a good source for manufacturing data by country and year. Today I found some data from the United Nations Statistics Division. The data for the top five manufacturing economies: China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economics, Manufacturing, Popular, quote
Tagged economic data, economy, Manufacturing, Popular, quote
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China now the 5th Largest Economy
China’s Economy Grew 9.9% in 2005, Overtaking France [the broken link was removed] China’s economy grew 9.9 percent in 2005, overtaking France as the world’s fifth largest, powered by exports and investment in factories, roads and power plants. Gross domestic … Continue reading
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Tagged China, economic data
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America’s Manufacturing Future
A Wake-up Call From Asia [the broken link was removed] by Patricia Panchak [the broken link was removed]: China and India very aggressively are pursuing advanced manufacturing. Increasingly, China’s exports to the U.S. are composed of advanced-technology products. … J.P. … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, economy, Manufacturing
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Engineering Education: China, India and the USA
I just added a post, USA Under-counting Engineering Graduates, to our Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog on a new report from Duke concerning data on engineering degrees from China, India and the USA: Framing the Engineering Outsourcing Debate. I … Continue reading
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Tagged engineering
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