Inside Cisco's $2 Billion Blunder
How the world's most admired supply chain screwed up, and how CEO John Chambers plans to fix it.
By Paul Kaihla, March 2002 Issue
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>>"If the inputs are wrong, the world's best supply chain can't save you," says Steve Kammen, an analyst who covers Cisco for CIBC World Markets. Nevertheless, when the next tech boom comes, Cisco expects eHub to provide the parts it needs; the next bust, eHub might keep it from getting stuck with so much unwanted stuff. Cisco isn't ready to boast about all of this -- yet -- but the buzz is building. "I walk into our customers today," marvels Viacore CEO Fadi Chehade. "They say, 'Oh, we heard that you are operating the Cisco eHub. Can you copy it for us?'" <<
Looks like it was GIGO on a huge scale. <g> |
