Not only does fear destroy any sense of team spirit and pride, but it also shuts down important communication channels, inhibiting the flow of creative, constructive, and corrective ideas upstream. Just how might the front-line employee fall victim to fear at the workplace? In the 1992 classic movie Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin masterfully portrays [...]
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 [...]
What kind of a person is your boss? Because most of us work in such close proximity to our supervisor, we cannot help but ask ourselves that question on a regular basis. After all, they exert enormous influence on our lives both within and outside of our place of work. . Is your boss an [...]
For children, school is the best place to work. According to the International Labour Organisation, there are over 215 million children working across the world and of these 115 million are thought to be involved in hazardous work. The number of those between the ages of 5-14 and engaged in child labour is estimated by [...]
ISM 98th Annual International Supply Management Conference & Educational Exhibit Registration is now open! One of the premier events in the supply chain and logistics management conference circuit is the ISM Annual International Conference. Plans have just been finalized and registration is now open for the ISM’s 98th Annual International Supply Management Conference and [...]
There is a bewildering amount of choice in today’s market for training, education, and certification. Many who labor within the supply chain eventually come to a watershed moment in their career: they ask themselves, “Am I passionate about this line of work? Do I see a future for me within SCM?” These questions might even [...]
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 [...]
Obtaining a degree in Supply Chain Management is becoming increasingly worthwhile. When I was undertaking the examination preparation courses in pursuit of the APICS CPIM certification in Operations Management, we talked about the notions of “order qualifiers” and “order winners.” Essentially, an “order qualifier” is some attribute that needs to be inherent within a product [...]
The name of Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt will be familiar to many practitioners in the fields of Operations and Supply Chain Management. Author of the brilliant treatise The Goal, Goldratt articulated the famous Theory of Constraints philosophy of management. In this informative little 10-minute video, Dr. Goldratt explains the dangers of failing to think “globally” – [...]
It’s difficult to compete with slave labor. In spite of recent scrutiny over questionable labor engagement practices and working conditions, Chinese contractor Foxconn, who assemble Apple’s iPhone line – among other items – is again in the spotlight. The David Barboza and Charles Duhigg reported in yesterday’s New York Times that Foxconn has acknowledged using [...]
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