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Industry Week
Supply Chain Tips for Weathering the Financial Meltdown
January 26, 2009
As Ron Keith writes in this article for the Industry Week Value-Chain newsletter, in this broadly deflationary environment, inventory is a poison and responsiveness its only antidote.
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PRESS RELEASE
GLOBAL MARKET LEADERS SELECT RIVERWOOD SOLUTIONS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
Riverwood Solutions’ Hybrid Outsourced Services Team (HOST) Model Delivers Flexible, Cost-Effective Supply Chain Services and Operations Optimization
January 22, 2009
Riverwood Solutions, the innovator in managed supply chain services, today announced that three multi-billion dollar global enterprises, all of which are number one in their select markets, engaged Riverwood in the fourth quarter of 2008.
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EMSnow.com
The Top 10 Reason Why OEM/EMS Relationships Fail - Part 1
December 16, 2008
The EMS industry has undergone numerous evolutions and transformations in its more than three decade history. From its roots as an outsourced labor and shared capital equipment model, the industry has undergone various changes. But the real and predictable maturation of the industry truly began with the explosive growth and rampant consolidation of the industry that
occurred in the mid 1990s.Read more.
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The Outsource Group
Interview with Michael Marks
October 23, 2008
In
your personal experience running a massive global enterprise
with a highly responsive supply chain, what would you say
the top two
or three issues to consider are when building a global
supply chain?
Marks: Well the first is obviously what is happening from a cost
perspective, but this changes regularly so clearly you have to
have flexibility in the supply chain. So for example, China,
which has been the simple answer for hardware manufacturing for
at least the last ten years is no longer necessarily the right
answer in every case.
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EMSnow.com
Interview with Michael Marks
October
20, 2008
Q: EMS Now - With the tremendous inflation in wages, facilities and even the
RMB in China, what impact will this have on the general flow
of manufacturing outsourcing over the next 5 years or so? What
are your thoughts on Vietnam vs. China 5 years out??
Marks: I’m not sure that it’s really going to have that much of an
impact on China. Sure you are starting
to see some product moving back on-shore, or more likely to Mexico
or Malaysia, but really it’s not that much. China still has 300
million people that are underemployed – compare that to Vietnam
with a total population of around 90M and much less developed
infrastructure and supply chains.
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PRESS RELEASE
RIVERWOOD SOLUTIONS LAUNCHES REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES COMPANY FOR SMALL TO MID-SIZED OEMS AND BRAND OWNING ENTERPRISES
Company
Founders Include Well-Known EMS Industry Executives
September
25, 2008
Riverwood Solutions, today announced
the launch of the first ever comprehensive professional services
company dedicated to meeting the operational, supply chain,
and logistical needs of small to medium sized businesses (SMB).
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Venture Outsource
Michael Marks in EMS with outsourcing firm Riverwood Solutions
July
17,
2008
Michael Marks,
former CEO with global EMS provider Flextronics, is an advisor
to Riverwood Solutions, a managed services firm started
by three former Flextronics executives.
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