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Should Crowdsourcing Be Your New Innovation For Your Next Product or Process?

Monday, November 27, 2017 · Mark Dohnalek
New ideas and concepts can come from anywhere – not just Board Rooms. And, while we've always known this, proof is in the success of online platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo where enterprising designers communicate ideas, collect funds and feedback to create new…

Xi Jinping’s Power and Your Global Supply Chain – Sounding the Alarm

Monday, November 20, 2017 · Rosemary Coates
China watchers were quite stunned at the Chinese Plenary Council earlier this month, when Xi Jinping's philosophy was added to the Chinese Constitution, elevating him to the level of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.

Moving Whirlpool Corporation’s supply chain forward

Friday, November 17, 2017 · Bob Trebilcock
106 years old, and Whirlpool is still focused on constant improvement.

Reward the Behavior—Not the Outcome

Friday, November 3, 2017 · Michael Gravier
Leveraging buying or selling power is the go-to strategy prescription, yet too seldom are its perverse long-term incentives recognized.

“3PL Value Creation Chicago Summit” Examines Supply Chain Complexity

Monday, October 30, 2017 · Patrick Burnson
The annual “3PL Value Creation Chicago Summit” staged by the consultancy, Armstrong & Associates, Inc., provided practitioners with fresh insights on how the industry will be shaping up in 2018.

The ticking time bombs in your supply base

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 · Bob Trebilcock
Low interest rates and an unprecedented credit boom may have put your supply chain at risk

The view from APICS 2017

Monday, October 16, 2017 · Bob Trebilcock
Just what is supply chain management today? It's moved from cost cutting to enabling the business.

Time-Tested Supply Chains Respond at Times of Crisis

Monday, October 9, 2017 · Michael Gravier
The recent spate of hurricane disruptions highlights how big box retailers like Wal-mart and Home Depot have supply chains which are nimble enough to respond to crises successfully.

Go Tour a Manufacturing Site for MFG Day

Thursday, October 5, 2017 · Rosemary Coates
Friday, Oct 6, is National Manufacturing Day, a chance to direct the nation's attention to manufacturers across America.

3 Ways to Attract Millennials to Manufacturing

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 · Mark Dohnalek
The entire industry is facing a worker shortage with the rapid pace of baby boomer retirements

NextGen Supply Chain: Cubed—An Inside Look at the Dimensioning Solutions Landscape

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 · Richa Gupta
Rising costs associated with leasing and buying warehouse locations are among the major drivers for businesses to invest in dimensioning solutions in order to better utilize available space.

Trump’s First Test On Tariffs – The Potential For Disaster and Lost Jobs

Monday, September 25, 2017 · Rosemary Coates
Tariffs would dramatically increase the cost of solar panels in the U.S., making the solar industry less competitive against fossil fuels like natural gas and coal

Procurement Best Practices in the Public Sector

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 · Robert A Rudzki
If you are a procurement leader in the public sector, I encourage you to read – very carefully – the two articles noted below.

If it’s September, this must be Park City

Monday, September 11, 2017 · Bob Trebilcock
Disruption is the theme for Dematic's 32nd annual Materials Handling & Logistics conference

Is Your Technology Stuck in the Last Industrial Revolution?

Friday, September 8, 2017 · Michael Gravier
Technology represents the largest uncertainty for which most companies do not have a strategy—yet the right strategy turns uncertainty into opportunity.
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