No longer the tech darling, RFID is slowly reemerging as a valuable way to monitor small pieces of big supply chains.![]()
RFID Redux
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Smarter Medicine
How the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revolutionized the way vaccines are delivered.![]()
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Knowledge-based Sourcing in China
Structural shifts in the Asian giant's economy are forcing companies to adopt deeper and more personal strategies for supplier relationships.![]()
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Is Backshoring the New Offshoring?
The business press is touting a return of offshored jobs to the U.S. -- but we're not buying it.![]()
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The Collaboration Game
Although an elusive goal, cooperative relationships between retailers and suppliers can be wildly profitable.![]()
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Supplier Empowerment and the Bottom Line
When you adapt your sourcing strategy to a more diverse world, everybody benefits.![]()
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Transforming an Adversarial Relationship
A survey of automakers and their suppliers unearths the management prerequisites for working together profitably.![]()
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Building Cars by Design
Faced with plummeting demand, automakers should make vehicles with features that match customer preferences.![]()
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1. Manufacturing: Diagnosing This Downturn
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Global Partnerships Unplugged
A survey finds that information technology is a neglected asset in joint ventures, leading to disturbing results.![]()
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Reframing Your Business Equation
Companies and industries are often driven by implicit formulas. Questioning their validity can lead to breakthroughs.![]()
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A "Hands-on" Approach to Surviving the Recession
Noble Group CEO Richard Elman discusses risk, opportunity, and his growth strategy for the commodities business.![]()
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Debugging the Supply Chain
Ten-year-old Cricket Communications found that even the oft overlooked supply chain can be a lucrative target for innovation.![]()
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An Essential Step for Corporate Strategy
Though often missing, a formal operations strategy can guide the crucial decisions that build competitive advantage.![]()
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The Case for Backshoring
Which manufacturing operations should return to the United States?![]()
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The Supply Chain Is Flat
William Fung, the head of an old and very large Hong Kong trading company, on making and selling products in a vastly altered global landscape.![]()
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Virtuous Connections
A fine-tuned supply chain is more than the sum of its parts. Ideally, each link improves the next.![]()
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Cleaning the Crystal Ball
How intelligent forecasting can lead to better decision making.![]()
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Herman Miller's Design for Growth
The office-furniture design leader is betting on innovation as it continues to push the envelope of management practice.![]()
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…or Rethink
For consumer durables, environmental sustainability starts with discarding conventional wisdom.![]()
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