I've got several projects going now, exports from Vietnam, renting Vietnamese factory space and selling German products in Japan.
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Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland left a comment for Dawn Barnhart
Hello Dawn,
Thanks for connecting with me. Just for your information, I'm in Tokyo and am involved in a business model of helping companies reduce their costs, particularly in high labor-cost countries. Here is Japan, with the…
Amir Ashrafi left a comment for Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland
Thanks for the offer. I will spread the words amongst people of different industry to see if they are interested in leasing spots from you in Vietnam.
I want to know in 3PL world, what else can be done beyond just shipping, customer, &…
Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland left a comment for Amir Ashrafi
Dear Amir, I'm in Tokyo working on business models for small Japanese companies that are suffering with the high Japanese Yen to other hard currencies. One idea is for them to start production in Vietnam where their costs become one tenth…
Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland left a comment for Tim Clark
Hello Tim,
Yes, I'm in Tokyo and have been in Japan for over 30 years. All my work is related to exporting though.
Ron
Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland left a comment for Karl Burrow
Dear Karl,
Glad to be connected with you. I have lived and worked here in Japan for over 30 years, but all my activities has been with export markets. I am a Japanese speaker though. I worked for Isuzu Motors for 21 years and am now is a small…
Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland left a comment for Stephen Newbury
Hi Stephen,
In answer to your two questions.....(1) "How do you think business model innovation will develop in China" - Business models are developing all the time and expanding rapidly. In resent years, the attention has moved to the…
Stephen Newbury left a comment for Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland
Hi Ron,
We're also in China (Shenzhen). How do you think business model innovation will develop in China - do you think western brands will invest in teaching their Chinese operations for example? If you are interested in how manufacturing…
Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland left a comment for Stephen Newbury
Dear Stephen,
Thanks for the invitation. It is always nice to kick around new ideas.
Ron in Tokyo
Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland replied to Alex Osterwalder's discussion 'Feature Discussion: Business Model Innovation Killers'
Good thoughts. If a set of questions can be formulated and asked that turn a company in a new (different) direction than everyone else it would be very helpful. Looking again at "The Business Model Canvas" can be a great tool to bring out…
Ronald (Ron) Dale McFarland replied to Marc Sniukas's discussion 'Toolbox: Business Model Evaluation Scorecard'
Good tool. It gets people thinking about new areas where attention should be. By the way, with the start of Shanghai World Expo I think a lot of opportunities will come out. If anyone is interested in low cost in China without exposing their…
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- Why are you passionate about business models and business model innovation?
- I have started project from here in Japan to Europe and the US and I want to keep on doing that.
Not only is it profitable, it is fun.
To me, it is the most fun in a recession with a lot of people looking for new strategies.
- How would you best describe your level of expertise when it comes to business models?
- some knowledge
- What's your URL?
- http://www.unika.co.jp
- Who do you work for? What do you do?
- Unika Company Limited
I have developed distributorships in about 15 countries worldwide. Also, I developed a project in our Chinese plant with an American company.
Simply, I open up new markets for the company.
- What industry do you mainly work in (e.g. financial services, telco, utilities, public sector, academia, pharma...)?
- Mainly construction (cutting tools9
- What is the size of the organization you work for?
- 101-1'000
- Do you want to add anything? Feel free. Any topic.
- The more I can learn about tools that stimulate new projects the better.
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- At 12:37am on January 2, 2012,
Amir Ashrafi said…
Thanks for the offer. I will spread the words amongst people of different industry to see if they are interested in leasing spots from you in Vietnam.
I want to know in 3PL world, what else can be done beyond just shipping, customer, & warehousing. I am trying to gather some ideas. Anything in mind, please share.
Thank you,
Amir
- At 6:30pm on August 12, 2010,
Stephen Newbury said…
- Hi Ron,
We're also in China (Shenzhen). How do you think business model innovation will develop in China - do you think western brands will invest in teaching their Chinese operations for example? If you are interested in how manufacturing companies are developing their adjacency strategies, in particular how business models are changing over time, we are researching this area.
If you wish, feel free to contact me directly at sn@IIGglobal.com. I’d be interested to know more about how you plan to use business model innovation in your business.
Best regards
Stephen
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