In 1995, Lucent Technologies' supply chain in Asia had a lot of problems: long-term, high cost, low reliability, high inventories, and poor customer support and local Asian operations. This was largely the result of the historical power of Asia from the U.S.. Local Asian objects were created as to market cars and provided some high-level assembly and testing, but the supply chain was organized around the production in the U.S. and support. Significant - and very successfully - supply chain redesign was completed in 1996, providing a more Asian content. However, the constant changes in the market, the suppliers and the working environment suggested that the supply chain was no longer optimal. "Hide
by Hau Lee, David W. Hoyt Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 18 pages. Publication Date: January 26, 2001. Prod. #: GS01-PDF-ENG
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