马欣德拉廉价并非印度制造唯一优势_时事

马欣德拉廉价并非印度制造唯一优势

“当人们思考制造业的时候，使用那种简单化的思维模式已经行不通了，那种两段论——‘我需要生产低成本的东西，我就去中国……如今中国不是最佳制造地了，我就去印度’，他说。“这不是人们以后不得不采取的思维方式。人们将不得不创造这样的足迹，或许就像神经网络一样，节点遍布各个地方。

“You incubate a product in an atmosphere where that product is best incubated. So, for example, we incubated our electric scooter in California. Because it’s low-volume manufacturing but high-intelligence, intensive manufacturing, we are starting in Michigan. At a point where the volume is going to be much higher and labour is a much higher component, we will pick a different part of the world, most likely India.

“你孵化一个产品，会选择最适合孵化它的环境。所以，打个比方，我们会在加州孵化我们的电动摩托车。它是个小批量生产的产品，但高度智能化、生产集约化，因此我们从密歇根州起步。到了某个程度，其产量会大幅度提高，工人的数量也会大幅增加，届时我们将选择其他地区，最可能的就是印度。

As well as struggling to devise a profitable manufacturing strategy for the future, Mr Mahindra is grappling with the need to make sense of a highly diversified conglomerate of the sort often unpopular with focused investors and financial analysts.