NIKE SHOES

NIKE SHOES

• Founded in Oregon
• They were produced in Oregon and California
• Bulk-gaining industry

LOCATION

• Located along the coast of China
• Reason: So they can ship goods easier

WORKERS

• Labor intensive factories
• They were not highly skilled
• Included of mostly female workers
• They earned 70% of minimum wage
• Pollution of the sea is common near the factory

CAPITAL GOODS

FACTORS

• Proximity to inputs
• Nike makes most of their money in the US
• so they need to have ways of transporting
• goods there quickly.

FACTORS

• The access to capital goods and the Industrial
• Revolution have improved Nike products by
• using fewer resources.
• They have machines doing most of the
• work for them now.

TRANSPORTATION

• Nike goods are shipped from place to place
• This is because they need a lot of space for their goods.
• They use ships to transport their products overseas.

TRANSPORTATION

• Break of bulk points occur
• They occur from ship to plane or vis versa
• Ship to plane: Happens when goods have been
• transported overseas, and don't go right to the coast.

TRANPORTATION

• Plane to ship: Multiple trips needed to
• get from the plane onto the bigger ship,
• where it can carry a bigger load, and
• multiple trips aren't needed.

JUST IN TIME DELIVERY

• The products could be slowed down by...
• Stormy weather
• Quitting or laid off workers
• Failure to communicate