The tendency towards internationalisation
1 What are the pros and cons of sourcing commodity items in low wage economies?
2.How can we picture the trade-offs between costs, inventories and lead times in international logistics?
3.What are the reasons for a company, such as Nike, with a centralised distribution centre to ship some products directly to customers, not through the distribution centre?
4.What are the reasons to start satellite centres when a company such as Nike has a centralised distribution centre?
5.What are the pros and cons of locating materials handling operations such as labelling and packing in a distribution centre, as opposed to in the factory?
What are the pros and cons for a company such as Nike to take on these materials handling services as opposed to leaving them to retail customers?
