Lenovo is the world’s second-largest maker of PCs, and it nearly
doubled its market share between 2009 and 2011. Huge sales
growth and expansion via mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
forced Lenovo to rethink its global supply chain strategies and
operations. Key M&A in 2011 included German PC and consumer
electronics company Medion, and a joint venture with
NEC to form the leading PC business in Japan.