HBS professorene Gary Pisano og Willy Shih McKinsey Award-vinnende artikkel i Harvard Business Review, påpeker at mens Kindle 2 e-reader ble designet av Amazon's Lab126 enhet i California, ble det store flertallet av dets komponentene laget i Kina, Taiwan og Sør Korea, og satt sammen i Kina. Grunn: USA har i outsourcing prosessen mistet kompetansen som ligger bak produksjonen av de enkelte komponentene.
Flex circuit connector
Made in China
REASON U.S. supplier base eroded as the manufacture of consumer electronics and computers migrated to Asia.
Electrophoretic display
MADE IN TAIWAN
REASON Its manufacture requires expertise developed from producing flat-panel LCDs, which migrated to Asia with semiconductor manufacturing.
Highly polished injection-molded case
MADE IN CHINA
REASON U.S. supplier base eroded as the manufacture of toys, consumer electronics, and computers migrated to Asia.
Wireless card
MADE IN SOUTH KOREA
REASON South Korea used its infrastructure for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics to become a center for making mobile phone components and handsets, especially products using CDMA technology, which is widely used in South Korea.
Controller board
MADE IN CHINA
REASON U.S. companies long ago outsourced the manufacture of printed circuit boards to Asia, where there is now a huge supplier base.
Lithium polymer battery
MADE IN CHINA
REASON Battery development and manufacturing migrated from the U.S. to Asia along with the development and manufacture of consumer electronics and notebook computers.
PS!
Innovasjon Norge er gjennom en rekke avis oppslag under angrep. Mange glemmer at agenten opptrer på prinsipalens vegne. Kan det være at de Rødgrønne forsømmer seg hva gjelder innovasjon? Man skal vokte seg for å skyte pianisten når man ikke liker musikken. Kanskje ligger feilen mer i mandatet til Innovasjons Norge enn i implementeringen. Just a thought!
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