Just what is retail? I have had an intimate relationship with retailing for many years, and I am not sure that I really know the answer myself. I suppose that one might say at its most fundamental level, retailing is the process of establishing a connection with a consumer or end-user in order to facilitate [...]
A significant trend regarding the repatriation of production operations into the USA from Asia - otherwise known as re-shoring – is starting to emerge. Big American manufacturers are taking very seriously the option advocated by Harry Moser (The Reshoring Initiative) - and many others – that by conducting a complete and objective assessment of all [...]
Can you imagine driving a car through a rain storm, without engaging the windshield wipers? Most of us wouldn’t dare try this. It is simply too dangerous. The performance capabilities of the car beneath us - be it a 20-year-old sedan or a brand new SUV – would matter less to us than whether the [...]
The Supply Chain Almanac Book Club regularly reviews Best Selling Books in various categories, both in Canada and the USA. Here are Canada’s Best Sellers in Books – Industry and Operations Management, according to Amazon.ca. Some new and exciting publications have erupted to the top of Canada’s Best Sellers list, in the Industry category. New [...]
For the past numbers of weeks, we have been on a journey of discovery of the thoughts, observations, and solutions about challenges in the fields of Quality Management and Supply Chain Management, as articulated by Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Practical applications of his theories have been discussed, and the enduring nature of his works have [...]
A wonderful peek into the future by Dr. Kaku. If supply chain and operations management practitioners want to invest intelligently and respond efficiently, we must be prepare to surf the crest of the technological wave, and climb out of our Industrial Revolution Era paradigms. In and of itself, this will result in competitive advantage. Given [...]
ProMat-The Biggest Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expo of 2013 is Coming to Chicago January 21-24 Steve Forbes to Keynote ProMat 2013 Conference on January 22 When the material handling and logistics industry’s premier event, ProMat 2013, opens on January 21 it will include over 800 exhibits and an comprehensive Educational Conference that will focus on solutions [...]
You can lead an equestrian to water, but you can’t make it drink. In spite of continued warnings over the past three or four years, many medium-sized businesses in the UK seem ill-prepared to deal with potential disruptions to their supply chains, which might result from natural disasters, labor unrest, pandemics, social upheaval, or dislocation [...]
The Supply Chain Almanac invites literary contributions and opinions from all of our readers, Supply Chain practitioners, journalists, and academics. Today we are pleased to welcome Stephen Hodgson CPIM CSCP to our team as a contributing writer, who has chosen to provide his review of the Best Selling Book, Just Ask Leadership by Gary B. [...]
The Supply Chain Almanac Book Club regularly reviews Best Selling Kindle Books in various categories. Kindle products are available through The Supply Chain Almanac’s affiliation with Amazon.com. You can start reading Kindle books on your Kindle Reader in under a minute after ordering, and international delivery is free via wireless Amazon Whispernet. Here are Amazon’s Best Selling [...]
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