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A Weapon to be Used Against Us?

A former UK colleague of mine once asked me, "How much confidence do you have in my programming abilities?" Well, he was a pretty good programmer, so I said, "Plenty." "Good," he replied, "because my code is helping...

Published 03-23-2009 3:43 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Outsourcing, espionage, national security, military, Counterfeits, airplanes
Many Manufacturers Moving to Mexico

A recent BusinessWeek article highlights the more cautious approach many manufacturers are taking with regards to China. The biggest single issue appears to be intellectual property theft, although product quality and other issues (cost of fuel, logistics...

Published 12-14-2008 10:24 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security, Supply Chain, Outsourcing, manufacturing, theft, intellectual property, IP, Brazil, distribution, risk, IP rights, Mexico, China, labor
NY Times article covers topics discussed here in July

My blogs of July 5 and 6 were concerned with how the price of oil may be the tipping point for a turn from unchecked outsourcing. The NY Times ran an article today covering the same topic. Shipping costs start to crimp globalization: http://www.nytimes...

Published 08-03-2008 7:46 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security printing, security, Supply Chain, Outsourcing, petroleum, oil price, Peak Oil, globalization, localization, NY Times, manufacturing
Counterfeiters Beware--What Comes Around Goes Around?

A four year sentence for selling counterfeit pharmaceuticals? The pharmaceuticals were worth $400,000, so the sentence is more draconian than many for counterfeiting. However, there are extenuating circumstances. Outsourcing-Pharma.Com ( http://www.outsourcing...

Published 07-26-2008 6:34 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, Supply Chain, Outsourcing, pharmaceuticals, viagra, metronidazole
The Price of Oil, Part 2

Yesterday's blog focused on three reasons--the most important of which for this blog is counterfeiting and related fraud--why outsourcing to disengaged, unaffiliated third parties may be disastrous to your brand long-term. Today's brief addendum...

Published 07-06-2008 7:49 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, brand protection, Outsourcing, brand name, oil price
The Price of Oil May Swing the Outsourcing Pendulum

I once met the Dalai Lama. I was in Bangalore (now Bengaluru) for work and he walked into the hotel lobby where I was meeting with some colleagues. I got out of my chair and turned around to leave for another meeting, when he and his entourage were walking...

Published 07-05-2008 7:35 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, brand protection, Outsourcing, Dalai Lama, fuel costs, petroleum, Bangalore, oil price, shipping, Flat Earth, energy costs
Tomatoes that terrorize--or the recall to recall

There are three topics that, as part of the HP community blog team, we are not to discuss on our blog: religion, politics and the ingredients in a hot dog. The topic I discuss tonight is a close fourth. So, I will try to be a little delicate here. The...

Published 06-21-2008 6:15 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, Supply Chain, Just-in-time, Recall, Outsourcing

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A Weapon to be Used Against Us?

Many Manufacturers Moving to Mexico

NY Times article covers topics discussed here in July

Counterfeiters Beware--What Comes Around Goes Around?

The Price of Oil, Part 2

The Price of Oil May Swing the Outsourcing Pendulum

Tomatoes that terrorize--or the recall to recall