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

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 6)

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)

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?

Deal Radar 2009: Aravo

According to AMR, the overall supply management market grew 11% in 2007 with continued double-digit growth expected. They project a $4.3 billion market by 2012, and the market currently stands at about $3.3 billion. Today’s Deal Radar covers the origins and growth of a SaaS player in the market, Aravo .

Deal Radar 2009: Shipwire

Shipwire offers outsourced warehousing and shipping services for online retailers and small business clients. Businesses use Shipwire for on-demand e-commerce order fulfillment services through a global warehouse network. With warehouses in Los Angeles, Nevada, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver and the UK, Shipwire allows merchants to reduce shipping costs by locating inventory closer to buyers. This shipping

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Deal Radar 2009: WaveMark

A recent widely-cited poll by PriceWaterhouseCoopers says that three-quarters of Americans want healthcare reform in President Obama’s first term. Such reform must reduce the cost of administering care, and many industry observers agree one way to achieve this is through higher levels of computerization. Over the past two months, Deal Radar has featured several companies

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