Archive for April, 2012
I want to note the recent survey results from Amcham China. Get a look at the full results here Despite added pressures, China is increasingly viewed as a major growing market: 82 percent of respondents surveyed plan to increase investment in their China operations in 2012, with 66 percent saying their goal is to produce […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The Procurement Leaders have a post up on China that you can view here See the little bit I have pasted below as well. News – Large manufacturers shift operations from China to the US According to a new survey by The Boston Consulting Group more than a third of US-based manufacturing companies with sales […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The Sinica podcast recently on the Chinese auto market noted that the Chinese share of the private auto market had been steadily growing for years. Then in 2011 it, surprisingly, not only did not grow, but it took a small step backwards. 70 % was foreign branded and now 71+% is foreign branded. Check out […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Today, I said we should talk about firing in China. Some companies escort you from the building and never let you say goodbye. They make the workers feel bad if they ever talk to you again. They do this as policy no matter who you are. I hate that. Guys work hard and are just […]
Continue Reading →So yesterday, we mentioned that you need to prevent these strong manipulating people from getting in your China business. Today, I want to talk about what you do if they are in your facility, and you feel a kind of fear about them You are afraid they will take revenge if you correct them or […]
Continue Reading →It is altogether too common. Some Chinese workers will give you a big headache if you let them go. So how should we look at this? Afraid of What Your Chinese Workers Might Do? I knew a U.S. company that hired a woman recommended by their shifty old landlord. Later they found out he had […]
Continue Reading →I may not catch this webinar, but what they say in the opening here is so right…. Hiring + 90 Wisdom and M4R Model: Managing and Engaging in the First Quarter Hiring the right person – check. Managing the new hire – check. Engaging the new hire – uh oh! The first 90 days can […]
Continue Reading →I have written in the past about finance having too strong a voice in too many companies, but now I want to mention managing finance from overseas. Find that previous post on finance being too strong here. I had a factory leader tell me, “Jim, finance is tricky stuff and needs to be managed […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Today, we can see how Americans see China and think how we should see China. All Roads to China put up an interesting chart from China Daily that inspires this post. View whole post here. I have pasted the chart below. Also, view the other Gallup results where the data came from here Older Americans […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Some companies I know use virtual managers and virtual teams unnecessarily in their China operations. Let me explain as you may do it. Instead of having a Chinese worker report to their local manager, they have the worker report overseas to a functional manager. It is especially common in the finance function and especially damaging […]
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