reflects the demand from relevant countries for releasing infrastructure bottlenecks and improving connectivity with large markets in Asia and Europe as well as the need for China’s own development and security. The OBOR initiative will also help Li & Fung to identify new drivers for growth in its sourcing & logistics business
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Li & Fung is an export trading company from Southern China that was founded back in 1906 by Fung Pak-Liu and his partner Li To-Ming. Li & Fung grew from a traditional export trading company to global supply chain management company it is today. After the passing of Liu‚ To-Ming decided to sell his shares. After both graduating from Harvard‚ Fung’s sons‚ Victor and William took over the company in 1974 and moved it to Hong Kong. The Fung brothers were both highly intelligent individuals. They
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The Case Study of Li & Fung – The Global Value Chain Configurator TITLE: THE CASE STUDY OF LI & FUNG LIMITED ABSTRACT: The case illustrates the business history and evolution of Li & Fung Limited‚ one of the Hong Kong’s oldest and largest trading companies. The case gives an overview of its evolution from a traditional trading company to a global export giant and a customers’ supply chain management giant. It discusses the company’s strategies to change its business models to the changing external
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Strategy Management (Case study 1: Li& Fung) SWOT Analysis Strength Opportunity Extensive network of suppliers (global reach supplier with SCM) Provision of value added service (customer centric structure) Entrepreneur corporate culture Low –end with hard goods Emerging Market Weakness Threaten Over dependence on US Market Vast supplier network makes it tough to maintain Increasing expense from acquisiton Continuing global economy downturn - Collapse of the American
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Headquartered in Hong Kong‚ Li & Fung Limited’s extensive global sourcing network covers more than 80 offices in more than 40 economies around the world. The global trading company supplies high-volume‚ time-sensitive consumer goods. Particularly‚ garments make up a large part of its business which also covers the sourcing of hard goods such as fashion accessories‚ furnishings‚ gifts‚ handicrafts‚ home products‚ promotional merchandise‚ toys‚ sporting goods and travel goods. Li & Fung plays the role as a
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alliances with suppliers of raw materials‚ manufacturers and transporters. A porters 5 forces analysis reveals that the suppliers in this industry (including those that supply raw materials and those that manufacture) are highly fragmented and are high in number. As a result no single supplier firm commands a dominant market share in their respective product markets. Trading companies not only have more negotiation power on the bargaining table but also establish guidelines‚ which their suppliers must follow
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Limitations……………………………………………..10 7. Options…………………………………………………………….11 8. Recommendations…………………………………………………12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: For past 96 years Li & Fung has been an export trading company with its branches spread across the globe. The company plans to enter into a new venture of online business. Entering into online business the company faces challenges to retain its existing customers and to capture new markets of SME (Small and Medium Enterprises). The company strength lies in its year old experience and
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Topic: Li & Fung Supply Chain Management and Operations Li & Fung: Global Supply Chain Manager From its inception in 1906‚ more than 100 years‚ especially since the 1980s‚ with economic globalization‚ Li & Fung’s business roles‚ it can be said with the evolution of the global economy‚ has experienced a historic change from simple middlemen to the global supply chain managers. After the mid-1990s‚ Li & Fung has actually become a global supply chain manager. Within the worldwide‚ he optimizes
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Summary Li & Fung‚ which is a long-standing Hong Kong based company‚ has evolved from an export trading company to a coordinator of value-added services across the whole supply chain in a global‚ open manufacturing circumstance. Its corporate culture has enabled it to keep pace with the current trend of global business. The successful acquisitions and the venture capital make the company grows stably and rapidly. However‚ the company now faces some challenges coming from Asian financial environment
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strengths are kinds of transformed to cost pressures which have been more progressively passed back to the suppliers (Reinecke‚ 2007). As a result‚ the supplier selection process becomes a remarkable amount of a company’s financial resources. At the same time‚ companies also would like to see considerable benefits from contracting with suppliers who can propose high values. It is easy to find a supplier everywhere; however it is hard to distinguish who are already prepared to enter into the competition
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