Compared with western counterparts, for example, China's head of supply chain in enterprise strategy often plays a more active role than their counterparts in the developed countries. They often participate in the enterprise growth strategy and risk management decisions. At the same time supply chain department in China directly reporting to the CEO or President of common (87% compared with 61%) than in the United States. Some multinational companies have begun to develop supply chain professionals in the region. Cisco in 2009 - fudan - Stanford (CFS) supply chain leadership academy, for Chinese enterprises to provide advanced supply chain management training executives. In addition, more and more "sea turtles" back to home, in many industries take on leadership roles.
Overall assessment of the relocation of production and labor skills and proficiency level also needs into consideration scope. But these important skills are often cannot be used as analysis of other direct costs clear cost effective method to quantify.
Revelation: with the improving of the level of China's labor, multinational companies need to recruit top talent to remain competitive in China. Chinese enterprises to attract more global top talent, is offering higher pay, better long-term career development opportunities and other benefits. China’s skilled Labor to shorten the production time, reduce the cost of materials, play a key role on the development and operation improvement. Multinationals need to actively use the rising of human capital in order to achieve their business goals.
Despite the weak link, the supply chain is still effective