Apr 2, 2012
In a recent set of interviews, I had an opportunity to learn about some of the recent developments in the aerospace industry, that is happening in both commercial and defense…
Mar 22, 2012
There appears to be more unrest in the world this week, which of course brings with it the increased nervousness of analysts and speculators. One of the real questions arising…
Mar 11, 2012
In a recent conference in Charlotte hosted by Moore & Van Allen, I saw on a panel with Phillip Grigsby, SVP of Commercial Transmission at Duke Energy, and JoAnn Carlton,…
Mar 10, 2012
The significant challenges associated with federal acquisition policies are well documented. Many problems with government acquisition are related to contract management, often mentioned as a core competence for federal contract…
Mar 9, 2012
The problems with the federal procurement process are well documented in the literature. Bloggers have also suggested that new approaches be adopted by federal acquisition contract officers to apply the practice…
Feb 29, 2012
While not always the case, companies often use category teams to develop supply management strategies. Supply management strategies often apply to categories—general families of purchased products or services. Examples of…
Feb 25, 2012
I sat on a panel this week in Charlotte on “Strategic Transactions – Planning for 2012 & Beyond”, hosted by Moore & Van Allen. One of the first speakers was…
Feb 19, 2012
Environmentalists have been up in arms about the Keystone pipeline over the last few months. As a result, the Obama Administration first delayed the decision, and then rendered a decision…
Feb 16, 2012
David Theleman, Vice President of Business Development at Genco Lifecycle Logistics presented in my MBA class today, and gave a fantastic overview of the emerging area of reverse logistics. Once…
Feb 15, 2012
Many economic forecasters have a certain number of “givens” in their economic projections, including the fact that the economies of Brazil, China, and India will remain stable….let’s take a look…