CSCMP’s Annual Global Conference offers supply chain management practitioners more professional education and personal growth opportunities than any other event in the world. Learn from global experts and network with thousands of colleagues. Learn ways to cut supply chain costs and improve your bottom line. Network with colleagues from all over the world. Discover new [...]
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 [...]
History has not been kind to narcissists and egocentrics. Consider the fates of such figures as Caligula, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, Benito Mussolini, Adolph Hitler, and Saddam Hussein. Reviled dictators all, who burned hot for a while, then met with tragic – some might argue deserved – ends. I don’t know about you, but I [...]
Harvard / MIT Initiative a Watershed Reminiscent of The Moon Landing If we truly believe that human enlightenment may be achieved through education, then a recent, and largely unheralded announcement made by edX may prove to be one of the most important initiatives to be launched in decades. We are privileged, in our lifetimes, to [...]
For centuries, we have understood that excellent logistical planning and execution is the foundation of success in the battlefield. There is no greater example of this than the truly inspirational story of the construction and USS New York. In an episode of its wonderful series “Mighty Ships,” The Discovery Channel takes viewers on a journey [...]
Logistics doesn’t get any more awesome than this! It has been said that logistics is the key enabler behind all great human achievement. In so many ways, our profession is that vital life force that is always in action behind the scenes. From the building of the pyramids, to the staging of the Olympic Games, [...]
The leading annual gathering of supply chain and operations management professionals worldwide Declaring in advance that I have been a member and volunteer for APICS for many years, I highly recommend this annual event to all supply chain, logistics, and operations management professionals. It is truly a unique learning opportunity, and I rank it as [...]
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. [...]
Perhaps it is the powerful simplicity of its title. Or perhaps it is the level of effort and commitment that is required to accomplish this goal. But of all the 14 Points assembled by Dr. Deming, I find this one to be the most compelling, and the one which drew me into studying this man’s [...]
A rock song written by Pete Townshend of The Who, titled “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” contains these lyrics: Meet the old boss Same as the old boss… Sometimes I wonder if we are progressing insofar as our ideals regarding leadership are concerned, or if it is, and ever will be “same old, same old.” Increasing [...]
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