Business
1. What are the underlying forces that led to K&S’s desire to make changes to its current supply chain network? Cheap labor and raw materials were the defining forces that led to K&S’s move to Singapore. Even though Israel site held 50% of the worldwide market share of bonding tools, the shift in the electronic manufacturing industry to Asia and other Pacific Rim countries meant that K&S would enhance their business and profitability of they also moved a part of their operations to that region. There is a definite shift in the way businesses are conducted by Small ...