Supply Chain Evolution at HP, Condensed Version

Name: Supply Chain Evolution at HP, Condensed Version (English version)
SKU: IN-S580

Kumar, Neeraj;Teboul, James

Product #:IN-S580

Supplier:INSEAD

Discipline:Operations Management

Setting:Europe

Details:Case (PDF) • 18 pages • 2004-10-30

Subjects:

Supply chain management Contracts

Geography:

Europe

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The (A) and (B) cases describe the evolution of HP supply chain for its PC business in Europe between years 1992 and 1999 and the different initiatives: build-to-order, vendor-managed inventory, supply hubs, top value, channel assembly program, etc. What should be the next step in this highly competitive environment?. Case (C) deals with HP strategy of outsourcing production to SCI, a contract manufacturer.