Production Outsourcing

Pioneer to Outsource Plasma Panel Manufacturing: Marketnews Talks to Pioneer Canada

marketnews.ca     Mar 10, 2008   13 related          

Pioneer Corp. will stop making plasma panels and will outsource production. ... Bruce Schepers, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Pioneer Electronics of Canada clarified with Marketnews that Pioneer is in discussions with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co....                    

China's New Year: The Year of Opportunity

buildyourownbusiness.biz     Mar 10, 2008   2 related          

China's New Year: The Year of Opportunity Insight Trade exchange between different cultures and countries has long yielded rich rewards for those who recognize the potential. After all, as far back as the 1st century BC, merchants and caravans followed the Silk Road – the overland trade route...                    

Quote of the Day: Carl Pope on Outsourcing to China

treehugger.com     Mar 8, 2008          

Photo credit: imelda It used to be that when I saw a Mattel toy, I presumed that Mattel made the toy in a factory the company built and manages, with workers it hired and supervises, and that it would not be so crass or dumb as to save a fraction of a penny on a $30 toy by using lead paint. But...                    

How Pioneer Is Keeping World's Best TV Secret Sauce (Mostly) Secret [Kuro]

gizmodo.com     Mar 7, 2008   90 related          

Pioneer's Kuro plasma sets are the best TVs on the market, right now, bar none. So it was a little disconcerting to hear that they're officially quitting plasma panel production and outsourcing it. ... ... Pioneer's Kuro plasma sets are the best TVs on the market, right...                    

Business: Gearing up - Spurred by sales, Lego does an about-face on Kladno outsourcing

praguepost.com     Mar 7, 2008          

After years of financial trouble, the pieces seem to be fitting together for the Lego Group.The Danish toymaker has called off an ambitious plan to outsource most of its production capacity, opting to take direct control of its large production center in Kladno, west Bohemia, beginning March 1.                    

New Tech Aims to Stop Foreign Hardware Piracy

anandtech.com     Mar 6, 2008   19 related          

A newly developed system seeks to kill the reverse engineering/cloning markets that abound in Asia.... ... Jason Mick (Blog) - March 6, 2008 5:24 PM A newly developed system seeks to kill the reverse engineering/cloning markets that abound in Asia. . Now researchers at...                    

John McCain to Kansas -- "Screw you!"

blog-city.com     Mar 6, 2008   6 related          

The GOP is imploding, and this is prime evidence of this. Just like Bush's stab at comprehensive immigration reform was a punch in the gut at the right-wing nativist base, John McCain's defense of the outsourcing of the production of American ... military equipment cost...                    

Pfizer to ramp up outsourcing

cnn.com     Mar 5, 2008   38 related          

Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday it will continue to ramp up outsourcing of manufacturing as it faces the imminent patent expiration of its top-selling drug, Lipitor. ... Since 2004, Pfizer has closed or sold 21 factories, bringing the number of factories it operates to 57,...                    

Serus: Serus Corporation Gains Industry Recognition for Intelligent Operations Management

marketwire.com     Mar 5, 2008          

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (MARKET WIRE) Serus Corporation, a global provider of technology and managed services for companies with distributed or outsourced manufacturing operations, is successfully driving an emerging and high growth market category, Intelligent Operations Management (IOM). The new...                    

Pfizer unfazed by Lipitor, plans China expansion

newyorkbusiness.com     Mar 5, 2008   24 related          

At a meeting with investment analysts, the drug maker said it would up its presence in China and begin outsourcing more manufacturing. ... Pfizer Inc. says it plans to outsource more drug manufacturing, lower costs ahead of generic competition for its blockbuster...