从中国采购经验.pdfVIP

Sourcing from China Lessons from the Leaders s companies continue to stretch their The impact on China has been huge. Fueled in part supply chains around the globe, by this wave of China sourcing, the country’s export some are becoming adept at reaping volumes have soared. Between 2001, when China the rewards of sourcing from rapidly entered the World Trade Organization, and 2006, Adeveloping economies (RDEs), such the country’s exports more than tripled, reaching as China, India, and many other countries. Others, $969 billion—and accounting for more than one- however, continue to struggle. And even among third of China’s economy. China’s mix of exports is those companies that have been most successful at also shifting toward higher-value-added products. sourcing from RDEs, some are finding themselves (See Exhibit 1, page 2.) stuck at lower levels of sourcing than they want to achieve. A recent study by The Boston Consulting This is not to say that China should play a central Group reveals that companies sourcing from China, role in every company’s global procurement ac- in particular, are encountering increasingly tough tivities. Other RDEs in Asia, Central and Eastern challenges—both internal and external—as their Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere certainly sourcing operations there mature. have valua