Comments on: High Fuel Prices Lead Proctor & Gamble to Shift to Local Manufacturers http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/high-fuel-prices-lead-proctor-gamble-to.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:58:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lune http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/high-fuel-prices-lead-proctor-gamble-to.html#comment-10225 Lune Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/high-fuel-prices-lead-proctor-gamble-to-shift-to-local-manufacturers/#comment-10225 Anon 11:57-<br/><br/>I was thinking the same thing. They're touting a study that's going to peer far far into the future... of 7 years?? Gimme a break. College kids plan their majors for the job market of 4 years down the line. Medical students plan their choice of specialty based on what medicine will look like 10 years forward. And some CEO is getting paid millions to plan 7 years ahead? That must be the most damning admission of the shortsightedness of American management I've heard in a long time. Anon 11:57-

I was thinking the same thing. They’re touting a study that’s going to peer far far into the future… of 7 years?? Gimme a break. College kids plan their majors for the job market of 4 years down the line. Medical students plan their choice of specialty based on what medicine will look like 10 years forward. And some CEO is getting paid millions to plan 7 years ahead? That must be the most damning admission of the shortsightedness of American management I’ve heard in a long time.

]]> By: Karl http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/high-fuel-prices-lead-proctor-gamble-to.html#comment-10185 Karl Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/high-fuel-prices-lead-proctor-gamble-to-shift-to-local-manufacturers/#comment-10185 Consumer product companies, like P&G are typically local or at least onshore, other industries supply chains are more global and all were built based on a hidden assumption -- $10 per barrel oil in the 90's<br/><br/>This is an assumption that has to be revisited and the supplychains will need to be reshaped to reflect the new realities.<br/><br/>See interesting analysis by an MIT professor<br/><br/>http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-04-10-1.php?cid=1605 Consumer product companies, like P&G are typically local or at least onshore, other industries supply chains are more global and all were built based on a hidden assumption — $10 per barrel oil in the 90’s

This is an assumption that has to be revisited and the supplychains will need to be reshaped to reflect the new realities.

See interesting analysis by an MIT professor

http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-04-10-1.php?cid=1605

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/high-fuel-prices-lead-proctor-gamble-to.html#comment-10165 Anonymous Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:57:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/high-fuel-prices-lead-proctor-gamble-to-shift-to-local-manufacturers/#comment-10165 "What is our business going to look like in 2015?”<br/><br/>Wow... true visionaries. “What is our business going to look like in 2015?”

Wow… true visionaries.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/high-fuel-prices-lead-proctor-gamble-to.html#comment-10164 Anonymous Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:40:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/high-fuel-prices-lead-proctor-gamble-to-shift-to-local-manufacturers/#comment-10164 Pass costs onto the consumer by raising prices.<br/><br/>If they deal with Wal-Mart, they already have to make their packaging smaller because Wal-Mart told them to.<br/><br/>I hear train stocks might be a good bet or maybe short their competitors in their sector hoping they fold first. Pass costs onto the consumer by raising prices.

If they deal with Wal-Mart, they already have to make their packaging smaller because Wal-Mart told them to.

I hear train stocks might be a good bet or maybe short their competitors in their sector hoping they fold first.

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