Learning by doing

China is the world’s manufacturing hub… and while it innovates occasionally and has few world class Brand’s, China has one outstanding advantage… it still makes stuff.

And because Chinese workers produce most of the world’s goods, it means that they’re capturing most of the process and manufacturing knowledge that comes from the production process.


i teach strategy and the basis for great strategy is your internal advantage meeting an external opportunity creates potential success.  … Read more

It’s Time to rethink your China sourcing strategy

One of the company’s I’ve invested in has relocated machinery production to China, recently, from Europe.

I suggested they look at Thailand, or Malaysia as a potential base, but China won out.  I think their decision may not be so insightful as they thought.

Chinese GDP growth hit its lowest level since 1999 last year. Part of the slowdown is being driven by Beijing’s efforts to re-balance the economy away from exports and investment-led growth to domestic demand driven growth.… Read more