Striving for Zero Inventory

Sony

Intel

Etc...

Material logistics center (MLC)

Dell

Assembly plant

Integrated vendors

Individual customer

Before

• Inventory

• Physical assets

• Closed business model

• Gross margin 35%

• Operating margin 7%

• High inventory

After

• Information

• Intellectual assets

• Collaborative

• 22%

• 11.1%

• 35 times/year

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