Solectron: From Contract Manufacturer to Global Supply Chain Integrator Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

Solectron Corporation grew rapidly from a small contract manufacturer in the early 1980s, the dominant company in the electronics manufacturing services industry in the late 1990s. In doing so, he turned from providing peak power to its customers to provide services that customers can not provide their own (low-cost materials and access to expensive equipment capital). Her next step is to offer its customers new ways of working - such as outsourcing all operations except research, product concepts, marketing and sales - allows customers to outsource those activities that were not part of their jurisdiction. Describes this evolution and the rapid growth of the company. In 2001, the company's customers suffered a major downturn of business, which in turn led to the first-ever reduction in Solectron's. Describes the initial response of the company and raises questions about how the company should continue. "Hide
by Hau Lee, David W. Hoyt Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 21 pages. Publication Date: November 2, 2001. Prod. #: GS24-PDF-ENG

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