This week's guest blogger is my colleague James Baehr, a Senior Advisor at Greybeard Advisors LLC, and a contributing author of the new book “Next Level Supply Management Excellence.”
A recent trip with the family to our favorite Chinese restaurant yielded this timely “fortune cookie message” on the same theme – Many a False Step is Made by Standing Still.
U.S. exports supported an estimated 9.2 million jobs in 2010, up from 8.7 million in 2009, according to a report issued today by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration.
We just got word of the passing of Donald J. Bowersox. To say that Don was one of the founders of the modern supply chain movement is no exaggeration. His record of accomplishments speaks for itself.
The measure of success for Strategic Sourcing organizations is in the execution. It takes discipline and commitment to execute, especially in today’s world of constant distractions.
Harnessing the power of what we know, what data we have on hand, and the innate powers of the human intellect has become one of the new requisites for supply chain—and business—success.
While The Institute for Supply Management’s Semi-annual Economic Forecast suggests economic growth through 2011, one prominent economist said there’s still reason to worry.
For a significant portion of the respondents, the education did not end with their undergraduate or graduate schooling. Sixty percent have taken executive education or other job-related classes within the past 12 months.
This year's ISM international conference may be the best in several years. Certainly, the choice of Orlando Florida as the location is likely to create widespread interest in attending. Combine that with better economic conditions, and slightly loosened training budgets,…
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