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Outsourcing: Joe Lawler, Chairman, President And CEO Of ModusLink (Part 4)

Posted on Friday, May 27th

Sramana Mitra: Got it. The question that I would like to drill down upon is the business you are discussing is the people-intensive business, right? Is that a correct statement, or is the business highly automated? Joe Lawler: No, it is absolutely a correct statement because of the size runs that we typically do there.

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Outsourcing: Joe Lawler, Chairman, President And CEO Of ModusLink (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, May 25th

Sramana Mitra: I have two questions about the market and its size: What does the rest of the market look like? Who are the players? If it is a $25 billion market, you are $1 billion. Joe Lawler: Well, the biggest chunk is those that are doing these packaging or returns management or fulfillment services

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Outsourcing: Joe Lawler, Chairman, President And CEO Of ModusLink (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, May 24th

Sramana Mitra: I see. So, the Flextronics and the Foxconns are doing the hardware part and they are sending it to you. You are doing the software and the packaging, I suppose, the outside packaging that is localized, and then you are shipping it to the retailers or the distributors? Joe Lawler: To be precise,

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Outsourcing: Joe Lawler, Chairman, President And CEO Of ModusLink (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, May 23rd

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Aditya Modi About Joseph C. Lawler Joe Lawler is ModusLink Global Solutions’ chairman, president and CEO, with executive leadership responsibility for the vision, strategic direction, and performance of ModusLink Global Solutions and its subsidiaries. As CEO, Lawler oversees cross-company operations, financial management, and strategy implementation. Prior to joining the

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Outsourcing: Joe Lawler, Chairman, President And CEO Of ModusLink (Part 6)

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 29th

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Aditya Modi Sramana Mitra: But Apple is an extreme case, right? They are very much about vertical integration and very much about an internally controlled kind of philosophy. Joe Lawler: They are an extreme case, but they are certainly not alone; SanDisk has done the same thing over the past

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Outsourcing: Joe Lawler, Chairman, President And CEO Of ModusLink (Part 5)

Posted on Monday, Mar 28th

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Aditya Modi Sramana Mitra: The optimization you are talking about, the technology behind that kind of optimization, is that off-the-shelf technology or is it something you have custom built for your business?