Just think of all the changes occurring in your organization. New regulations. Changing customers with product preferences. New competitive product offerings. New technologies. New branding. New business platforms. New business models. Compressed lifecycles. Change is no longer gradual. Change is rapid and abrupt. Continue reading
The economy is at the beginning of the next major industrial revolution, and technology is the driver, this time as the heart of both the production of many different products and as a core intelligent component of the things we use every day.
Digitization has long since moved into factories, and is now enabling operations in which humans work side by side with intelligent machines. Continue reading
Cyber security risk is among the most critical risks to the supply chain:
“Cyber and data privacy breaches are perceived to be the largest threat to the stability of transport and logistics, with the sector facing potential breaches of $2 trillion by 2019.”[i] Continue reading
In part one we saw that China has made great strides in terms of product quality, notably in the tech sector. But it still has a long way to go in other products. Driven by the growing middle class, who like all middle class buyers want value for their money, and by the Chinese government’s desire to improve the tarnished “made in China” brand, there is a strong interest in improving product quality. Continue reading
Walmart sees the future: Educating its workforce in Supply Chain Management and business.
Last week in its yearly shareholder meeting, Walmart announced several important initiatives that will impact its 1.4 million workers.
Walmart will subsidize college tuition so its employees can earn college degrees in supply chain management and business. These are core assets and differentiators to Walmart and now to more companies. Continue reading