Lucent Technologies
Company background Lucent Technologies operates in the information and communication technology sector. ... As a new company, Lucent streamlined its portfolio and sharpened its focus on building a telecommunication infrastructure, which includes the development of optical, data/wireless networking technologies, and software and services that support them. ... In 1996, Lucent redesigned the supply chain for the current market and manufacturing conditions. In 2000, George Foo, the International Manufacturing Vice President for Lucent Technologies revisited the supply chain design to evaluate the improvements over the last 4 years and to determine if this model would be adequate for supplying the current and future Asian market demand. ... Outline the factors that explained why the original supply chain network strategy used by Lucent in Asia was adequate prior to 1996. ... There were relatively few suppliers other than Lucent servicing this region. ... The parent company’s large cash flow masked the inefficient delivery times and asset management of the smaller Lucent. ... Lucent, no longer a part of AT&T, its inefficiencies magnified. ... Lucent needed to shorten their lead time of the customized switches to meet the carriers’ demands.