Executive Profile

All the cheese in China, delivered fresh

Jean Pierre Chesse is the founder and CEO of Sinodis, a food importer and cold chain logistics service provider in China. CHaINA’s editor, Russel Beron spoke with Mr. Chesse about the company’s origins and future growth plans in China. CHaINA: How long have you been in China? Jean Pierre Chesse (JPC): 15 years. I came here when I was 23... [Read more]

Chaina Executive Insight

Troels Persson is Director of Marketing & PR for ECCO (Shanghai) Co. Ltd – a leading global brand for innovation and comfort footwear. Troels has been working at ECCO for the past 10 years, focusing on business development in regions that include China, Europe and the Middle East. [Read more]  Read More →

Luxury brands look for new distribution channels in China

With retail sales in China still climbing and a slowdown in China just beginning, luxury brands, always looking to China as their biggest potential market, are adjusting their China positioning and distribution strategies.  Companies are hesitant to reveal numbers, especially with a cooling economy, but a brief survey among foreign brands shows that... [Read more]

Schneider Electric makes China its centre

Reflecting a shift in the company’s global strategy, Industrial giant, Schneider Electric has made China the base of its global sourcing, a strategy other multinationals are also adopting given the share of global sourcing that comes from China. Arriving in China several months ago to take charge of this globalized supply chain strategy is Jean Michel... [Read more]

The State of ERP in Vietnam

By Tielman Nieuwoudt Principal, The Supply Chain Lab www.thesupplychainlab.com       With the economic downturn in full swing, Vietnamese companies are looking for ways to make their operations more efficient and effective. Research has found that a successful Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system has the ability to reduce inventory... [Read more]