philosophy behind supply-chain management and the specific practices that Li & Fung has developed to reduce costs and lead times‚ allowing its customers to buy "closer to the market." Li & Fung‚ Hong Kong ’s largest export trading company‚ has been an innovator in global supply-chain management. Li & Fung has also been a pioneer in "dispersed manufacturing." It performs the higher-value-added tasks such as design and quality control in Hong Kong‚ and outsources the lower-value-added tasks to the best
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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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Value-Chain A value chain is an activity path through an organization and can be a very helpful tool for understanding the difference between two organisations that appear to be functioning in similar ways in the same sector. This is because organisations can construct their value chains in very different ways. A different design of the value chain‚ by which we mean a different activity path through the organisation‚ might simply indicate a different way of doing things‚ or it might generate notable
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Li and Fung: Growth for a Supply Chain Specialist Case Analysis Paper Global Strategy (GS 601) November 28th‚ 2012 Case Question: What would Li and Fung do to safeguard the growth of its business? How could it achieve its target turnover of US$20 billion between 2008 and 2010? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Executive Summary The case study for this paper is on a Hong Kong-Based Li and Fung Limited “Li and Fung”. This paper will try to answer the question of “What would Li
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1. What has been the historic strength and strategy for Li and Fung? Since Li and Fung was founded in 1906‚ the company has more than 100 years of history and it is the main historic strength of Li and Fung. It accumulated lots of information and experience‚ which other competitors couldn’t have owned without such a strong historic background. Li and Fung is a publicly traded family company. Speed‚ Solidarity‚ authenticity‚ trust‚ and control are the benefits to running a family business. For example
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The goal of effective supply chain management is to "gain competitive advantage through optimizing flows within the enterprise". The Hong Kong listed company Li & Fung Ltd represents one of the world ’s best examples of achieving this goal. The company financial history clearly tells that story. Just last year‚ L&F saw profit attributable to shareholder increase by 23%. In fact‚ over the past 14 years‚ L&F has seen steady compound annual growth rate of 22%. Not bad performance for a small family
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Li & Fung (A): Internet Issues What has been the historic strength and strategy of Li and Fung? 100 years of history Publicly traded family company Both William & Victor educated at HBS Victor earned Ph.D. & taught there for 4 years 1972 Returned to Hong Kong to modernize company management Hong Kong Based Trading Company – by 2000 69% sales USA 27% sales Europe Major retailers (the Limited‚ Gymboree‚ American Eagle‚ etc) Global sourcing network Holistic Supply Chain Management
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such as Li & Fung need to be paid. Why‚ after paying Li & Fung a fee‚ buyers and suppliers still find it valuable to deal through an intermediary? In other words‚ why don’t they trade directly? Li & Fung provides an interface between multiple buyers and suppliers by linking larger retailers in the developed world to a network of suppliers and factories throughout Asia. Buyers still find it valuable to deal through an intermediary because the experience and connection of Li & Fung in Asia
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How does Li & Fung create value for its customers and suppliers Value for customers: low cost‚ high quality‚ fast delivery time‚ and customized services; and these are achieved by a. Knowledge‚ experience‚ and network of connections with around thousands of suppliers and because of the knowledge network‚ the company knows who is good at producing what at the lowest cost level and delivery time b. Organizing around customer-oriented divisions‚ combining the competitive advantages of different countries-
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Introduction Li and Fung‚ a Chinese company founded in 1906 has been experiencing high growth rates due to a series of acquisitions and the offer of a wide range of services in the whole elements of the supply chain (from raw material till finished goods). Recently the question its managers have to deal is how to face the challenges posed by the internet‚ more specifically‚ its lifung.com (after was renamed studiodirect.com) internet site. This company was an extension of its brick and mortar operations
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