Report

July 2000

Manufacturing Deconstructed

Navi Radjou 		Global eCommerce will crush today's brittle supply chains. Multinationals must harness the Internet and specialize their plants and processes to form next-generation global manufacturing networks.
by Navi Radjou with Carl Howe, Stephanie Smith, Steven Kim, Christopher Voce

INTERVIEWS
  • Global manufacturing brings big benefits to firms . . .
  • . . . But is plagued by inflexibility and lack of coordination.
ANALYSIS
  • Firms need manufacturing networks, not supply chains.
  • Spot markets for manufacturing capacity arise.
ACTION
  • Engineer plants for late-phase differentiation.
WHAT IT MEANS
  • Venture money flows into Dot Builds.
  • EU manufacturing networks thrive in laissez-faire markets.
  • Chinese manufacturers leapfrog legacy systems.
 
Figures & Data
  • Figure 1.  Manufacturing Is Increasingly Global -- But Inflexible
  • Figure 2.  Global Manufacturing Is Held Together By Strings And Bailing Wire
  • Figure 3.  Global Manufacturers Will Fall Into One Of Four Categories
  • Figure 4.  Technology Infrastructure Investments For Manufacturing Networks
  • Figure 5.  The Net Deconstructs Linear Manufacturing Value Chains
   
RELATED MATERIAL 
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GRAPEVINE
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  • Silicon Valley is hot!
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