ECCO SHOES
Phillips and his team overcame this in their own unique way . He explains : “ Singapore is an interesting place . Obviously there is not much labour intensive manufacturing here , so getting people experienced in shoemaking is near impossible unless you expatriate them .
“ Singapore is a melting pot of cultures and talent within supply chain but not specifically in shoemaking . So when bringing operations out to Singapore , the challenges were the opportunities and the opportunities were the challenges so to speak .”
With the majority of staff well-versed in supply chain operations , the task remained to ensure that
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