10. Read The Closing Case On H&Amp;M (On The Textbook Chapter 17, Page 512), Then Answer The Following Questions:a. H&Amp;M Does Not Own Any Of The Factories That Produce Its Clothes. Instead, It Relies On Some 1,900 Factories And 900 Suppliers To Create What Its Team Designed. These Factories And Suppliers Are Mostly In Europe And Asia. How Can H&Amp;M

10. Read the closing case on H&M (on the textbook Chapter 17, page 512), then answer the following questions:

a. H&M does not own any of the factories that produce its clothes. Instead, it relies on some 1,900 factories and 900 suppliers to create what its team designed. These factories and suppliers are mostly in Europe and Asia. How can H&M ensure that its customer receive the quality expected in the clothing?.

b. If you worked for H&M, what would you suggest that it focus on to become even larger than it is now? Should it have its own factories? Should it expand to more than the 64 countries (54 with stores and 10 online) that it is in now? Should it control more of the global supply chains?

 

512 Part 6 International Business Functions 5. Explain how the global supply chain functions of (a) logistics and (b) purchasing can be used to strategically leverage the global supply chains for a manufacturing company producing mobile phones. 6. What type of interorganizational relationship should a global company consider in the (a) inbound portion of its supply chains if the goal is to buy commodity-oriented component parts for its own production and (b) outbound portion of its supply chains if the goal is to establish a strong partnership in reaching end-customers? globalEDGE research task globaledge.msu.edu Use the globalEDGE website (globaledge.msu.edu) to complete the following exercises: 1. The globalization of production makes many people aware of the differences in manufacturing costs worldwide. The US. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs publishes the Chartbook of International Labor Compari- sons. Locate the latest edition of this report, and identify the hourly compensation costs for manu- facturing workers in China, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey. Germany, and the United States. 2. The World Bank's Logistics Performance Index (LPI) assesses the trade logistics environment and performance of countries. Locate the most recent LPI ranking. What components for each country are examined to construct the index? Identify the top 10 logistics performers. Prepare an executive summary highlighting the key find- ings from the LPI. How are these findings help- ful for companies trying to build a competitive supply chain network? CLOSING CASE H&M: The Retail-Clothing Giant David Beckham, Freja Beha, Beyonc, Gisele Bnd- chen, Georgia May Jagger, Miranda Kerr, Madonna, Vanessa Paradis, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, Rihanna, and Anja Rubik represent just a partial list of well- known people around the world who have worked with H&M (do you recognize all of them?). But, let's move on from the name-dropping to Hennes & Mauritz, or H&M as it is more commonly known. H&M is a Swedish multinational retail-clothing giant known for its fashion clothing for women, men, teenagers, and children. H&M has effectively used superstar celebrities like David Beckham, Beyonc, and Gisele Bndchen for years to carry their advertising message worldwide. Be- hind the scenes. H&M's global supply chains are equally well orchestrated and are as high powered as its advertising campaigns. H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB is now the full name of the company (it started simply as "Hennes" in 1947 in a small Swedish town called Vsters). The idea for the company emerged when, in 1946, Erling Persson, the company's founder, came up with the idea of of- fering fashionable clothing at relatively low prices while he was on a business trip to the United States. At that time. Persson decided to focus on women's clothing only, and "Hennes," which means "her" or "hers" in Swedish, was started. A couple of decades later, in 1968. Hennes acquired the building and inventory of hunting equipment retailer Mauritz Widforss. A supply of men's clothing was also part of the inventory. This resulted in menswear being in- cluded in the company's collection-and gave birth to Hennes & Maurits (H&M). H&M now has some