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 [...]
High performance athletes can teach us a great deal about what it takes to succeed in life, and in business. Two weeks ago, I attended a reunion at my former rowing club in Mississauga, Canada. I competed and coached at elite levels back in the 1970′s and 1980′s, winning national and international championships. As a coach, [...]
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 [...]
For businesses in London and throughout the United Kingdom, the Olympic Games promises to bring a bonanza of commercial activity that has never been enjoyed on the British Isles. The eyes of the world will be focused upon England. Beneath the veneer of the Games, however, life and commerce must go on. Goods need to [...]
Good logistics alone can’t win a war. Bad logistics alone can lose it. —General Brehon B. Somervell Commanding General Army Services Forces, 1942 This morning, June 3, 2012, I attended a Memorial Service in recognition of the 68th anniversary of D Day. On June 6, 1944, Allied Armed Forces attacked Axis defenders at the [...]
Warehousing has become more than a discipline. It is now a science. And it might even be called a “sexy science!” The warehouse has been the perfect target for technological innovations and advancements over the past four decades. The advent and continuous improvements of warehouse management systems (WMS) has made enormous contribution to enterprise productivity. [...]
It seems that the Olympic Games is an event that people love to hate. The scope of the Games makes it one of the most far-reaching and complex initiatives in modern times. The breadth of its influence is its attraction, its strength, and its everlasting weakness. The Games has become, since its inception, a lightning [...]
Rolls Royce. The name just oozes with quality, style, and superb engineering. The closest that most of us get to a Rolls Royce emblem is while we are sitting in an airplane. As we look out the window, we might catch a glimpse of the famous Rolls Royce logo emblazoned on one of the engines. For [...]
Reporting for Reuters News Service, David Milliken and Fiona Shaikh this morning confirmed the bad news for the British economy, and for the governing coalition led by Prime Minister David Cameron: it has fallen back into its second recession since the global financial collapse of 2008. Britain’s economy contracted 7.1 percent during its 2008-2009 recession and [...]
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