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KiUick, M., Rawoot, I., 8c Stockport, G. J. 2003. Cisco Systems Inc. - growth through acquisitions. In M. A. Hitt, R. D. Ireland, 8c R. E. Hoskisson (eds.). Strategic Management Competitiveness and Globalization, 5th edn. Cincinnati South-Western Publishing. 

That is quite an accomplishment. Granted, some industries have made immense fortunes over the same period, which many chemicals players have not in 1980, Microsoft was just launching MS-DOS, Cisco Systems had not yet been founded. The advance of computerization, electronics, and new technology has seen the core businesses of a number of sectors transformed - apart from the IT world itself, pocket calculators, cash registers, and the world of home entertainment are cases in point. The pharmaceutical industry and financial institutions also created a great deal of wealth in this period. However, some other major players, particularly telecommunications, have seen enormous value destroyed following the post-deregulation boom. 

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After a long period of low activity, the commitment to corporate venture capital has increased sharply in recent years. The high-tech sector (including companies like Cisco Systems and Intel) has been enthusiastic about the idea, and corporate investment in US venture capital funds increased tenfold between 1995 and 1997 (Fig. 9.2). European chemical companies that are currently active in corporate venture capital include Bayer, Aventis, and BASF. 

Dalton J., Ippolito C., Poncet L, and Ralfaele S.R. 2005. Using RFID technologies to reduce blood transfusion errors. White Paper by Intel Corporation, Autentica, Cisco Systems, and San Raffaele Hospital 8. 

As companies rely more on their suppliers to decrease overhead and asset levels, managing suppliers is now an important capability. To get a sense of the magnitude of the suppliers role, consider that, in the automobile industry, estimates suggest that Chrysler outsources over 80% of the parts it assembles into cars Ford, over 65%, and GM, over 55%. In the electronics industry, Cisco System partners provide final assembly for almost half of its switches and routers ([51]). Table 3.1 (from [51]) shows that suppliers and buyers have closely intertwined relationships with one another across a range of industries, from automobiles to banking and electronics to pharmaceuticals. 

The supply chain failures grab headlines. Success in the supply chain happens slowly over many years, but when a leader stumbles the impact on the balance sheet is pervasive. Much of the public understanding of supply chain management comes from reading about the failures. When companies with names like Apple, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, CoirAgra, Hershey, Johnson Johnson, Ericsson, Mattel, Nestle, Nike, PepsiCo, Sainsbury s, and Western Digital make headline news due to supply chain failure, it is hard to not pay attention. Each time these premier brands stumbled, failed, and learned new lessons, the bar on supply chain excellence was raised. 

Between 2000 and 2010, there were many market shifts, and companies found that without the ability to sense and adapt to market conditions, the reliable supply chain was not sufficient. In 2000, Cisco Systems was caught in the downturn of the e-commerce bubble. As a result of not sensing demand changes, the company was forced to write off 2.25 billion in inventory in 2001. This loss taught the company an important lesson. The redefinition of supply chain processes to be more resilient enabled the company to sense and withstand the downturn of the Great Recession of 2008. 

Failure gave birth to supply chain horizontal processes. Today s leaders in horizontal process evolution—Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, and Walmart—all learned the need for horizontal processes the hard way. Each stubbed its big toe and stumbled before learning that bricks matter. 

Cisco Systems outsources all of its manufacturing. It has its suppliers post their quotes and forecasts on Cisco s Website each quarter. Then Cisco selects its suppliers and contract manufacturers Economist, June 26,1999). 

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Security problems for routers are similar to those for hosts at the edge of the network. Although routers operating systems tend to be less well known and not as well understood as those of edge hosts, they have similar weaknesses. Cisco Systems produces most of the Internet routers, and common failures in their software can subject those routers to attack. (Of course, other brands also have weaknesses, but there are fewer of these routers.)... 

One company that has recognised the importance of improving supply chain visibility through shared information is Cisco Systems, a market leader in telecommunications and network equipment (see below). 

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Cisco Systems, one of the world s leading players in the networking and telecommunications markets, has created a virtual supply chain in which almost all manufacturing and physical logistics are outsourced to specialist contract manufacturers and third-party logistics companies. Only a very small proportion of their 20,000 different stock keeping units are actually touched by Cisco. 

Borg, S. (2003). Enabling a Customer-Focused Organization. Center for Digital Strategies at Tuck School of Business and Cisco Systems, Inc. http //digitalstrategies.tuck.dartmouth.edu/cds-uploads/publications/pdf/Round Overview EnablingCustomerFocus.pdf... 

To implement collaboration in a relationship, partners must agree on the purpose of collaboration and means of achieving it. Collaboration may necessitate certain changes in how the companies operate. It should be tailored to specific business processes such as, order placement, order fulfillment, logistics, and payment. Cisco Systems coordinated supply and demand across its supply chain with an intelligent-software for early detection of conflicts and their resolutions (Lee and Whang 2004). 

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