Jun 1, 2012
My new book comes out this month, which focuses on the biopharma supply chain and the numerous trends and challenges that exist today, and which will continue to occur down…
May 17, 2012
Novozymes is a major producer of biochemical enzymes, with headquarters in Copenhagen and major manufacturing sites all over the world, including Franklin County, not far from NC State University. Its…
May 1, 2012
A number of great presentations from today’s SCRC meeting focused on how different organizations are thinking about managing their talent supply chain. I helped to set the stage by applying…
Apr 25, 2012
Our upcoming SCRC meeting (April 30-May 1 in Raleigh, NC) is one that I am sure will peak a lot of interest in today’s supply chain professional. The theme of…
Apr 24, 2012
An MBA student team in my supply market intelligence class this week presented their supply market intelligence study on phosphate production. One of the key points was the volatility of…
Apr 10, 2012
An article in the WSJ provides an interesting set of perspectives on what increasing or shrinking inventory numbers might mean in terms of an organization’s supply chain performance. As I…
Apr 4, 2012
In this week’s Economist, an article by Schumpeter provides some interesting views on the emerging concept of “frugal innovation”. He cites the example of the Tata Nano, a $2,000 car…
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 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…