Global supply chain management - Articles - Page 324

Yes, You Can 3D Print Anything, But Should You? Maybe They Aren't the 'Real' Thing.

June 8, 2015

Defense Systems

It seems that these days you can 3D print anything, from food to parts for rocket engines.

When It Comes to Public Safety, There Are No 'Small' Recalls

June 8, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The recall of a single spice can have huge ramifications for food safety.

The Scourge of Slavery in Supply Chains

June 8, 2015

Gary Barraco, SCB Contributor

Putting a Stop to Contaminated Product From China

June 5, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Will we ever cut off the flow of contaminated product from China and other offshore manufacturing sites?

Building the Business Case for Supply-Chain Excellence

June 5, 2015

Michael Dominy, VP & Chief of Research, Gartner

Smart Manufacturing and the Factory of the Future

June 5, 2015

Simon Jacobson, VP, Gartner

Secrets of Supply-Chain Segmentation

June 5, 2015

Jennifer Loveland, Research Director, Gartner

Stubbornly Holding on to Legacy Assets Can Impede Adoption of Promising Technologies

June 4, 2015

Harvard Business Review

Technologies like 3-D printing, robotics, advanced motion controls and new methods for continuous manufacturing hold great potential for improving how companies design and build products to better serve customers. But if the past is any indicator, many established firms will be slow to adjust because of a formidable obstacle: legacy assets and capabilities that they are reluctant to abandon.

Increases Predicted for Long-term Energy Costs

June 4, 2015

Worldwatch Institute

Although gas prices are temporarily low at the pump, long-term energy costs are on the rise. According to State of the World 2015 contributing author Nathan John Hagens, a former hedge fund manager who teaches human macro-ecology at the University of Minnesota, nations are papering over those costs with debt. Higher energy costs are leading to continued recessions, excess claims on future natural resources, and more-severe social inequality and poverty.