Globalzation Road Trip: China, india, and Dubai - six cities, five different airlines all in 14 days.
I left Dallas Saturday morning on a trip to China (Beijing, Xiamen, and Shenzhen), India (Delhi, and Dehradun), and Dubai. In China I am Meeting with our second largest customer in Beijing and then visiting two manufacturing companies in Xiamen and Shenzhen. In India I will be visiting our new service center, a manufacturing partner, and then our largest customer. On to Dubai where our operation there is now staging the $60 million order for our Indian customer.
Looks like a fun filled (well at least interesting) two weeks. I will be posting comments as I go and putting up some photos.
One thing that struck me as I came though the airport (and waited for my lost bags), there must have been a hundred ads for GE (I use to work at GE). China is a little like GE; everyone works very long hours, and everyone knows what the five-year plan is. In China they are moving from the last plan “made in China” to the new plan “created in China”. More later.
March 26th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
[…] Dad is doing a quick, two week, swing through Asia starting in China (Beijing, Xiamen, and Shenzhen), then to India (Delhi, and Dehradun), and finally to Dubai to visit customers. Globalization isn’t just about traditional American jobs being exported overseas, it is now about being able to sell to anyone anywhere. Dad’s two biggest customers are not in the United States or Europe, instead they are in China and India. Follow along on his trip in pictures here or read about it here. […]