Tag Archives: Google
The Genius of Apple’s Supply Chain
A massive competitive advantage for Apple is its operations function. Specifically, its supply chain operations. Apple has a regimented core business vision — built around their supply chain. “They have a very unified strategy, and every part of their business … Continue reading
Posted in Supply Chain Materials Data Management
Tagged Apple, Google, Steve Jobs, Supply Chain, Tim Cook
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Served Up
The trend toward “do it yourself” servers among the major Internet and social media companies reinforces the end-customer’s position at the top of the electronics supply chain. Google, Facebook and other major dot.com companies are migrating away from off-the-shelf equipment … Continue reading
Posted in Hot Wires
Tagged Dell, electronics design, Facebook, Gartner, Google, H-P, servers
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Served Up
The trend toward “do it yourself” servers among the major Internet and social media companies reinforces the end-customer’s position at the top of the electronics supply chain. Google, Facebook and other major dot.com companies are migrating away from off-the-shelf equipment … Continue reading
Posted in Hot Wires
Tagged electronics design, Facebook, Gartner, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Internet, servers
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For $12B, Google Buys Motorola’s Insured Supply Chain
The Google-Motorola deal announced last week is about hardware manufacturing capability. In other words, Google just paid $12.5 billion for a gadget supply chain with over 20,000 patents as the cherry on top. As Chris Nowak put it in a … Continue reading
Posted in Green Thoughts, Supply Chain Materials Data Management
Tagged environment, Google, hazardous, Larry Page, Motorola, patents, reporting
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New Search
In a long overdue move, Google has changed its search algorithm, and those publishers that simply cut-and-paste other people’s stories (you know who you are) are going to see their rankings drop bigtime.In Google’s words, among the four reasons for … Continue reading
New Search
In a long overdue move, Google has changed its search algorithm, and those publishers that simply cut-and-paste other people’s stories (you know who you are) are going to see their rankings drop bigtime. In Google’s words, among the four reasons … Continue reading