Dhaka riots

I was scheduled to be in Bangladesh this week as part of a Due Diligence project. I am quite pleased the trip was postponed, because the streets in Dhaka are burning. I though the BBC gave a good explanation of the situation. Plenty of opportunity in Bangladesh so no need to stay away. You don't just ignore a country with a 160 million people.

When you think you are big

A big problem that some companies have is, when they think they are bigger than what they really are. I see this a lot in the Emerging Markets.

Too big to make use of shared warehousing and distribution facilities. Too big to make use of free Web 2.0 software. Just too big to act quickly enough.

Cheap labour = No warehouse strategy

Good Supply Chain management is still a rarity in Vietnam. I just had a quick look at a fairly large supplier’s warehouse, and was amazed (well not really) to see the lack of any designed layout or stocking patterns. The lack of palletization, and the abundance of cheap labour must equal chaos in the warehouse.

Of Chips and Dhaka

I am off to Bangladesh next week, and still have a couple of stops to make, before I hit the streets of Dhaka. I am working on a Due Diligence project for a Consumer Goods company, and Bangladesh is an exiting place, always full of surprises. In the world of business, sometimes too many surprises.

Unfortunately I require yet another passport, and need to fly to Hanoi to get the necessary paperwork done. I can’t believe in this modern age we are still applying for passports and visas. I am more than happy to implant a chip, if it safes me time.