Comments on: Bringing it back home

By: Ellie K

Ellie K — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:13:27 +0000

In reply to thenextwavefutures.McKinsey has seriously diminished credibility. I liked what you said, very much! This made me glad in my heart, something that is not so common lately,

...the costs of poor quality are always under-estimated. The cost of fixing a customer’s problems caused by poor quality is always disproportionately high, and also has knock-on in terms of reputation.

I hope others have the same good sense as you. (We don't need technology to create poor quality products and services, although it can, and is, used to facilitate such.)Postscript: I am your new follower on Delicious bookmarks ;)

By: thenextwavefutures

thenextwavefutures — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:19:03 +0000

McKinsey has just released a report on what they call “next-shoring” – neither offshoring or reshoring, apparently. Their summary: “A next-shoring perspective emphasizes proximity to demand and proximity to innovation. Both are crucial in a world where evolving demand from new markets places a premium on the ability to adapt products to different regions and where emerging technologies that could disrupt costs and processes are making new supply ecosystems a differentiator.”

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/manufacturing/next-shoring_a_ceos_guide