IBM moves key US unit to China

时间：2006-10-13 06:39:16

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SHANGHAI, Oct. 13 - Computing1 giant IBM Corp said it was transferring its chief purchasing operations to China, a move that highlights Asia's growing importance in the global supply chain.

 

The decision to transfer its chief procurement2 office from New York to Shenzhen marks the first time the headquarters of a global IBM division has been located outside the US, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

 

The leading American technology and software group began shifting its Asia-Pacific headquarters from Tokyo to China's commercial hub of Shanghai in 2004, a process it completed earlier this year.

 

It also has major research, software, hardware and computer services operations in India which make it that nation's sixth largest technology-related employer.

 

The addition of its global procurement office to Shenzhen, where it has operated for over a decade and many of its 1,850 employees in Asia are based, is aimed at reshaping the company's supply base in the region, IBM said.

 

The firm that revolutionized office work with electronic typewriters and then personal computers collaborates3 with 3,000 suppliers across Asia that account for about 30 percent of the 40 billion dollars IBM spends on annual procurement.

 

"The demand for software and services skills -- across Asia and worldwide -- is growing," said the group's global procurement chief John Paterson.

 

"To meet the demand, it will require developing relationships with new partners and suppliers and working with existing ones to help them build skills, processes and management practices to compete globally in the services market."

 

IBM, once a leading hardware maker4, struggled to transform itself over the past decade into a software producer but now earns about half of its revenues from outsourcing and IT consulting.

 

In May last year, it sold its personal computer unit to Chinese group Lenovo for 1.75 billion dollars, leaving the US company focused on business mainframes and consultancy services.

 

Paterson said it illustrated5 a shift underway at IBM from a multinational6 corporation to a new model -- a globally integrated enterprise.

 

"In a globally integrated enterprise, for the first time, a company's worldwide capability7 can be located wherever in the world it makes the most sense, based on the imperatives8 of economics, expertise9 and open environments," he said.

 

For the first six months of the year, IBM recorded a 15.4 percent rise in net profits to 3.73 billion dollars, on a revenue drop of six percent to 42.55 billion dollars.

 
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1 computing tvBzxs     
n.计算
参考例句：
  • to work in computing 从事信息处理
  • Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。
2 procurement 6kzzu9     
n.采购；获得
参考例句：
  • He is in charge of the procurement of materials.他负责物资的采购。
  • More and more,human food procurement came to have a dominant effect on their evolution.人类获取食物愈来愈显著地影响到人类的进化。
3 collaborates c71d0f812847df42eaf43ea6437ab60d     
合作( collaborate的第三人称单数 )； 勾结叛国
参考例句：
  • Third, main economy Central Bank collaborates to cut the interest rate. 第三，主要经济体央行联手降低利率。
  • Any one who collaborates should be shot. 与敌人勾结者一律枪决。
4 maker DALxN     
n.制造者，制造商
参考例句：
  • He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
5 illustrated 2a891807ad5907f0499171bb879a36aa     
adj. 有插图的，列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition. 他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
  • The manufacturing Methods: Will be illustrated in the next chapter. 制作方法将在下一章说明。
6 multinational FnrzdL     
adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司
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  • The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
  • He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
7 capability JsGzZ     
n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
参考例句：
  • She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
  • Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。
8 imperatives 89422c765dbd5ec312b504dd90831f75     
n.必要的事( imperative的名词复数 )；祈使语气；必须履行的责任
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  • Nixon, however, had other imperatives. 但尼克松另有需要。 来自辞典例句
  • There could be some cultural imperatives in there somewhere! 在公共传播那里，在某些方面，可能有更迫切的文化需要！ 来自互联网
9 expertise fmTx0     
n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长
参考例句：
  • We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
  • You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

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