Solectron: From Contract Manufacturer to Global Supply Chain Integrator Background Solectron Corporation is but another classic case of a company that benefited immensely from the dot.com boom, only to experience the pains of the bust as the dot.com companies went down in the early 2000s. From its humble beginnings in Milpitas, CA as a solar energy products manufacturer, Solectron grew to be a highly successful global supply chain integrator with revenues of $18.6 billion by 2001. From the
IT and the Changing Social Division of Labor: The Case of Electronics Contract Manufacturing[1]GLOBAL PRODUCTION AND THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOR IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET Boy Lüthje Institute of Social Research University of Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 26 D-60325 Frankfurt/M Germany Telephone: 069/756183-30, -43 Fax: 069/747709 E-Mail: luethje@soz.uni-frankfurt.de Draft paper for conference Transforming Enterprise Department of Commerce Auditorium Washington, D.C., January
Systems, Brocade Communications, and other leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) outsource their manufacturing to Solectron Corporation, where I was a summer intern. By partnering with Solectron, OEMs can gain access to the latest equipment, process knowledge, and manufacturing expertise without making substantial capital investments. In essence, outsourcing to Solectron enables OEMs to focus on their core competencies of research and development and sales
What Went Wrong at Cisco in 2001 http://www.cio.com/article/print/30413 Print Article Close Window From: www.cio.com What Went Wrong at Cisco in 2001 – Scott Berinato, CIO August 01, 2001 There’s Cisco Before and Cisco After, and the two crossed paths, awkwardly, this past April. Cisco Before was CFO Larry Carter writing in April’s Harvard Business Review about the San Jose, Calif.-based company’s "virtual close" software. "We can literally close our books within hours," Carter boasted
goals are sometimes enforced to the point of looking like quotas, which are numeric targets for the racial composition of the work force. An example of how the OFCCP works is in the case of Aaron Woodson, an African American. He applied for a job at Solectron Corporation, but did not get the job. He was a qualified applicant, but there may have been a better one. When the reports were analyzes, the OFCCP decided that the company had “a low percentage of minority workers compared to other similar companies
2.8 Porter‘s five force model A model of pure competition implies that risk adjusted rates of return should be constant across all the firms and industries. However there are various economic studies have affirmed that different industries can sustain different levels of profitability part of this difference is explained by industry structure. Porter provided a framework that models industry as being influenced by five forces. The strategic business manager seeking to develop an edge over rival firms
Apple Inc. under its founder Steve Jobs in 1976 has been involved in designing, manufacturing and selling of various products including notebook computers, iPhones, iLife, iPods, OS X operating system as well as accessories associated with these products. Apple has therefore maintained a robust competitive advantage in the media industry as well as computer software due to its adoption of high innovation technology and a renowned brand name. The aim of this paper is to explain and conduct an internal
Introduction To obtain sustainability and competitive advantages among business in both domestic and international market, a call for a clearer and deeper understanding of the market is needed in order to stay on the top of their competitors. Sony Corporation and Boeing used as extended examples, will be analysing the relevance of three tools for improving company performance; Porter’s Value Chain, Gereffi and Korzeniewicz’s Global Commodities Chain framework and the effectiveness of sector matrix
Definition of the Industry The computers and peripherals industry is comprised of manufacturers of personal computers, servers, mainframes and workstations, electronic computer components, various types of peripheral equipment, and ATMs. While many of the major players in this business operate in various sectors of this industry, the primary computers and peripherals industry is defined under the SIC Code 35771. This industry is growing globally due to innovations in technology components and increased
The SEC’s Case against California Micro Devices: A Lesson in Using Professional Skepticism and Obtaining Sufficient Appropriate Evidence This particular case, involving the SEC, Coopers & Lybrand, and California Micro Devices, Inc. encompasses charges for neglecting to comply with auditing standards. The Securities and Exchange Commission makes these charges against Michael Marrie, audit partner, and Brian Berry, manager, of Coopers & Lybrand. There are three main areas in which the