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OPS America: April 2009
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Chinese Manufacturing and OPSA News. Thursday, April 30, 2009. Warren Buffett Makes Big Investment in China's BYD. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway purchased a 10% stake in China's BYD Group recently. BYD makes rechargeable batteries, mobile handsets, and automotive parts among other things. Their strength seems to be taking manufacturing costs with high capital requirements and changing them to take advantage of China's low labor cost model. Http:/ www.gurufocus.com/news.php? Tuesday, April 28, 2009.
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OPS America: December 2008
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Chinese Manufacturing and OPSA News. Tuesday, December 23, 2008. Time for Reflection and Forward Thinking. As we wind down 2008 we reflect on our successes and failures, and what we will do differently in 2009. We are blessed with a truly outstanding team and excellent customers. Some of our customers are struggling right now and we're working through how best to support them. Merry Christmas to all. Thursday, December 18, 2008. 100th OPSA Blog Post. I'll also state here that I intend to do the polar bea...
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OPS America: Helping Customers Through Difficult Times
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Chinese Manufacturing and OPSA News. Monday, June 8, 2009. Helping Customers Through Difficult Times. There's no sugar coating it - this is a difficult time. We'll get through it, but it will take a while. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a customer business resource, check out Jerry Stapleton's book From Vendor to Customer Resource. Have a great week! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Translate Your Contract For China? The Answer is No. Event Insight: The Future of Work.
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OPS America: Communication Is the Key in Tough Times
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Chinese Manufacturing and OPSA News. Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Communication Is the Key in Tough Times. One of our larger customers is really in trouble. Unfortunately they've taken to not responding to questions or providing information. This means we can't respond correctly to questions from the factories we manage for their products. This is absolutely the opposite tactic to take when times are tough. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Translate Your Contract For China? The Answer is No. Green Bay, Wi...
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OPS America: June Starts with Upbeat News
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Chinese Manufacturing and OPSA News. Monday, June 1, 2009. June Starts with Upbeat News. The global stock exchanges certainly think we are moving out of recession. The Hong Kong market was up 4% overnight and the Dow is up significantly today despite GM's bankruptcy filing. Http:/ www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D98HKJQG0.htm. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Translate Your Contract For China? The Answer is No. Event Insight: The Future of Work. Helping Customers Through Difficult Times.
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OPS America: June 2008
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Chinese Manufacturing and OPSA News. Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Here's what the factories we met with this week are talking about when you ask how is business. Increasing cost of labor. Appreciation versus the USD. Shortage of skilled labor. Government actions to try moving factories out of Guangdong. Low-tech factories moving further into China, or to other SE Asian countries. I did not prompt. This was not a scientific study, but one to help with my MITA. Saturday, June 14, 2008. Insights from Hong Kong.
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China Green Buildings: Building combined heat and power: a key strategy for GHG reduction in China
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A blog about green buildings and related sustainability topics in China. Monday, February 23, 2009. Building combined heat and power: a key strategy for GHG reduction in China. This post will describe building combined heat and power (BCHP) and what role it could play in helping China reduce it’s emissions in the near term, and also what role it can play in laying the groundwork for China to significantly reduce it’s emissions in the long term. So although I will focus on BCHP in this post, wider adoptio...
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China Green Buildings: June 2009
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A blog about green buildings and related sustainability topics in China. Friday, June 26, 2009. More on MOHURD Three Star System. Today I'm attaching another slideshow on MOHURD's Three Star green building rating system. This PPT was presented by Song Ling, head of MOHURD's Green Building Label Management Office, at the recent Canadian Embassy green building summit. MOHURD Three Star System- How Does It Work? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe To China Green Buildings. I plan to keep this blog up as l...
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China Green Buildings: March 2009
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A blog about green buildings and related sustainability topics in China. Thursday, March 26, 2009. Two-Pronged Approach for Greening China’s Buildings, Part 1: The LEED Snowball. LEED in it’s current incarnation is most certainly not the end goal of the green building movement. LEED doesn’t go nearly far enough: even if every building globally achieved the 33% energy savings. The Green Building Impact Report. Describes the snowball concept in his recent book The Necessary Revolution. The underlying syste...
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OPS America: November 2008
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Chinese Manufacturing and OPSA News. Wednesday, November 26, 2008. Chinese Government Takes More Action on Economy. The Chinese government aggressively lowered interest rates yesterday by more than one percentage point to stimulate the economy. The story below from the AP is a good summary of the action. China slashes interest rate to spur growth. Beijing is trying to shore up consumer and investor confidence and reverse a sharp downturn in growth. China's economy is expected to expand by at least 9 ...
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