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They didn't really "move" plants around; they were expanding production on different markets to meet needs on these countries and continents, and also withdrawi
by ptaipale 11y ago
They didn't really "move" plants around; they were expanding production on different markets to meet needs on these countries and continents, and also withdrawing manufacturing in some places (the big mistake in Germany, I understand, was the purchase and attempted conversion of an old television factory in Bochum).
While I don't fully understand the case with the Romanian plant and why it was shut down so soon, what Nokia is now has little to do with their plant management strategy (except that I think it was efficient as long as plants were needed) and everything to do with senior management's product decisions (not production management).
(FWIW, Nokia is currently a profitable company, just not in the phone terminal business.)
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- TeMPOraL 11y ago> They didn't really "move" plants around; they were expanding production on different markets to meet needs on these countries and continents, and also withdrawing manufacturing in some places Ah, the tactical decisions. "We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction."
- ptaipale 11y agoIndeed. For another example, the trade union of horse carriage drivers for People's Co-Op Stores in Finland (Elanto) is still on strike (which started in 1930 and never ended). They just moved on to advance in a different direction (i.e. started driving lorries, and the union eventually merged/became part of the local "teamsters" union).