Globalzation Road Trip: Xiamen, China
Typical Chinese factory.
Day 5 it must be Xiamen (where did day 4 go?). Nice little city (by China standards an island with only one million people). We met with our supplier (part of a large US owned company) toured the factory, reviewed issues with our product design, and manufacturability etc.
Cindy the plant manager talking to Gordon Smith. All the staff here are very smart and very young, and clearly hard working.
After another great Chinese lunch we when to Gu Lang Yu, a island accessible by ferry (If you come here go ahead and spring for the extra 1 RMB (12.5 cents) to sit on the top deck.)
Also bring an extra bag for all the tea that you will be recieving as gifts. Tea is really big here. Now on to Shenzhen.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
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April 1st, 2007 at 1:11 am
Hello Mr. Muse & fellow readers,
Very interesting site indeed. I enjoyed reading the ‘Key Thoughts’ selections.
Not many key executives of major corporations offer to share their thoughts online. I find this refreshing in this competitive corporate global environment. I always admired Bob Lutz of General Motors for posting his thoughts & opinions at his blog site… http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/
Globalization sure has changed all of our business models. Who would have thought 15 years ago that I would need to benchmark my competitors in Asia.
Best to all,
Rene