Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, Asia’s other manufacturing hubs
of the global total. And it’s not just consumer electronics that begin their life in China. The country is the source of everything from childrens’ toys to disposable cigarette lighters—it dominates the global supply chain. But manufacturers are increasingly looking elsewhere to make their products as China’s rising wages and growing tensions with the US make its factories less attractive than its neighbours.
On this week’s podcast, hosts Mike Bird, Alice Fulwood and Tom Lee-Devlin look at Asia’s alternative manufacturing hubs. Manmohan Sodhi, professor of operations and supply chain management at Bay’s business school in London, tells them that manufacturing requires more than just factories—it also needs universities, labs and designers.
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