THE MAGAZINE FOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS JULY/AUGUST 2008 www.chainaonline.com CONTENTS REGULAR FEATURES INSIDE VIEW 6 China yeilds to ongoing oil price pressure 10 Sculpting “Performance Anatomy” in China 12 New Rules for Chinese Suppliers in Working with the U.S. 8 THE WORD 9 STARS & DUDS NEWS ROUNDUP 14 The big picture 15 Supply Chain Management 25 SCM GADGET 33 GLOBAL VIEW China & Chile ports join hands 46 PORT FOCUS Q&A Meishan 50 SPECIAL FEATURE An Olympic sized headache 52 EVENT UPDATE 54 QUESTION & ANSWER Yann Teste of Knorr-Bremse 57 EXECUTIVE INSIGHT Q&A with James Podovan 58 COMPANY PROFILE James Gagne talks about Agility’s expansion 60 KNOW HOW Its all in the plan 61 PRODUCT RECALLS 62 CLASSIFIED LISTINGS 65 COMPANY INDEX 66 EVENTS CALENDAR 48 BOOK REVIEW Leadership Success in China INDUSTRY FOCUS China’s finished vehicle sector charges ahead 38 4 JULY/AUGUST 2008 www.chainaonline.com previous page next page