Industry WeekMore from Industry WeekAll TechnologyShould 'Supply Chain' Give Way to 'Supply Web'?The term "Web 2.0" refers to the current state of online technology as it compares to the early days of the Web, and is characterized by greater user interactivity and collaboration, more pervasive network connectivity and enhanced communication channels.February 11, 2016All TechnologySmart Manufacturing Means Harnessing All That DataThere's a rumor going around, centered in Germany, that we're now in our fourth Industrial Revolution.February 3, 2016All LogisticsReshoring to U.S. Is in Full Swing - Unless It's Declining. What to Believe?In December, two conflicting reports were released, one by A.T. Kearney and one by the Boston Consulting Group. The A.T. Kearney report states that reshoring may be "over before it began," and the Boston Consulting Group report states that it is increasing. Why the difference in opinion and who is right?January 29, 2016Business Strategy AlignmentThe March of Automation - the Transformation of the Work ForceWill a robot run my organization in 10 years? Maybe, even though a chief executive's job, which requires a fair amount of problem-solving and creativity, is probably less susceptible to automation than middle-skill jobs such as machining and bookkeeping. At the same time, new research shows that most jobs have some proportion of tasks that can be substituted by workplace automation. Including a CEO's job.January 20, 2016All TechnologyIT Increasingly Part of the Recipe for Successful ManufacturingAs an industry, manufacturing is "hot." Regions are creating manufacturing initiatives, countries are creating policies to lure manufacturing back and prepare the next generation of talent, maker fairs show entrepreneurs and small-scale artisans how they too can design and manufacture their own products, what manufacturers sell goes well beyond the 100-year-old recipe and the mechanical drawings, and new technologies are changing the economies of scale so that large- and small-scale value chains can be successful.January 15, 2016Global LogisticsCollaboration Between Procurement, Logistics Not Practiced at Many Companies, Study ShowsWhile there has been much talk over the past 10 years or so about "collaboration," much of it has been focused on external supply chain collaboration. It seems that many companies neglected to get their own houses in order before looking outside their own supply chains, according to a University of Tennessee report entitled Bending the Chain: The Surprising Challenge of Integrating Purchasing and Logistics.January 8, 2016Business Strategy AlignmentThrough 2018, Supply Chain Industry Expected to Need to Fill About 270,000 Jobs YearlyWith the supply chain industry suffering from a lack of available talent for management positions, U.S. companies are stepping up efforts to recruit qualified and skilled professionals for those roles.November 17, 2015All TechnologyVirtual Reality Technology Enables Optimization of Entire Supply ChainA virtual reality supply chain allows organizations to design and architect in 3-D, evaluate designs and make critical decisions about new products and customer buying decisions.November 6, 2015All TechnologyThe 'Financialization' of Business Is Taken to TaskFree-market capitalism says that the only purpose of business is to create shareholder value and that the unfettered market can regulate itself. In the last 30 years, that definition changed to, "the only purpose of business is to create shareholder value measured by short-term results and with little or no regulation."September 30, 2015All TechnologyBig Data Analytics Could Be Key to Improving Your ManufacturingHarnessing data is crucial: Two-thirds of companies participating in a 2012 MIT Sloan survey said using analytics gave them a competitive edge. Most factories could use the boost.September 29, 2015Previous PagePage 3 of 30Next Page
