Quote Originally Posted by Periander6 View Post
As for his ideas about how to fight a multi-billion dollar monopoly, did you listen to AMD's last conference call and all of Hector's blathering about going "asset-light"? Asset light and debt heavy? Clueless and laughable if he thinks AMD is going to be able to take on Intel like that.
I'm sorry, but I don't think you know what you're talking about. One of the most 'asset light' companies in the world (in proportion to gross revenue) is wal-mart. You're telling me thier 'just in time' inventory system is a bad idea? Isn't that what revolutionized the japanese car industry in the mid 20th century? This type of inventory is incredibly efficient and can save companies a lot of money. Business students are taught that inventory is bad, and it is. If you have it, you may as well have lost the money until it is sold. It's heavy, it depreciates, and it clogs up the business structure.

He's talking about inventory systems and trying to not sit on chips that depreciate every minute they're in their posession.

Ryan