Innovation Excellence

MAY 26, 2020

Add the movement toward virtual and contract manufacturing and globalized, interwoven supply chains—with both the benefits and risks they involve—and you begin to realize the breadth of changes already taking place. Apps, sensors, and social platforms are integrating products and casting off terabytes of data in the process.

Uncertainty 56

Uncertainty Innovation Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing 56

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

When tracking trends for future growth opportunities, for example, invest real money (2 to 4 percent of the sales budget is good) to develop analytical tools and teams that monitor trends such as demographic shifts, regulations, and new technologies. Only the CEO can push this kind of coordination through.

CEO 17

CEO 360-Degree Feedback Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

As companies rethink their supply chains, they ought to seriously consider embracing a new manufacturing technology that’s now ready for prime time: 3-D printing. No longer relegated to trinkets and prototyping, 3-D printing, which is also called additive manufacturing , is now moving into mass production.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Software Learning Curve 13