Mark Preston, global lean leader with Lean Applications LLC, outlines the key factors to be considered in fostering a "culture of excellence" within companies.

Megatrends are large, long-term changes coalescing today that will birth shorter-term business and societal trends of tomorrow, says Kas Kasravi, HP fellow with Hewlett-Packard. Kasravi points out a few of these megatrends and posits interesting possibilities for their impact.

The Supply Chain Council has launched M4SC, a newly developed framework and accompanying training tool for supply-chain management.