Sep 20, 2023 When Consumer Products Companies Become Tech Companies By Robert DeNardo John Breuninger Albert Sang James Stevens Bhavik Mistry +2 more... Show less Tech disruption has created an opportunity and a need to innovate or be left behind. You may now find that the thermometer in your...
Sep 20, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor part 2: The music has stopped on salaried churn. Now what? By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less While the challenges around the hourly manufacturing workforce get most of the ink (particularly in light of the UAW strike), salaried...
Sep 14, 2023 How Off-the-Shelf Tech Can Make Factories More Profitable By Abhinav Agrawal Rob Sterner Too often, smaller companies are intimidated by the high costs, complexity, and long installation times that high-end smart factory...
Sep 12, 2023 Make the most of your SIOP process by developing a single source of truth to align stakeholders By Ryan Nelis Alejandro Souza Bosch Barb Schultze Jim Snyder Miguel Wong Jonathan Chong +3 more... Show less The pandemic appears to be behind us, but new supply chain challenges are constantly emerging. Persistent global trade disruptions,...
Aug 31, 2023 Supply chain scale versus complexity: A strategic framework for 4PL relationships By Joe Cubellis Luiz Gosling Vikas Grover Marc Iampieri Steve Scales +2 more... Show less In an era marked by the intricate web of global supply chains, organizations have leveraged the fourth-party logistics (4PL) operating...
Aug 25, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor Part 1: These labor pains aren’t temporary By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less One of the dominant themes in the business world has been the labor shortage. There are too many open jobs and not enough workers to fill...
Aug 21, 2023 Avoiding disruption by shipping to the East Coast? Think again as drought impacts the Panama Canal By Joe Cubellis Miriam Hall Marc Iampieri Andrew Kerr Rebecca Nolan Mark Scales Steve Scales +4 more... Show less In an age of persistent disruption, the next “black swan” event may be lurking in Central America. The Panama Canal, leveraged for 40% of...
Aug 03, 2023 Retail Viewpoint: How to navigate the complex new normal of apparel sourcing By Luca Signorelli Lisa Brockmeier Ryan Poole Most apparel companies have prioritized a shift away from Chinese manufacturing over the last decade. Unfortunately for many, hard work...
Jun 21, 2023 Four takeaways from the Wells Fargo Industrials Conference By Marc Iampieri Erik Mattson Miriam Hall We recently returned from the Wells Fargo Industrials Conference in Chicago, where we participated in a series of fireside chats and...
Jun 12, 2023 Shippers’ success in annual contract negotiations: A snapshot of the ocean container shipping market By Marc Iampieri Erik Mattson Andrew Kerr James Roe Luiz Gosling Kai Kang +3 more... Show less Shippers and carriers just completed their annual contract negotiation cycle, setting the stage for the ocean container shipping market...
May 15, 2023 Harnessing the power of Big Data, AI and IoT to build the Digital Factory of the Future By Abhinav Agrawal Aman Shah Saurabh Jha Mark Lustig Vipin Dawar +2 more... Show less Manufacturing is a consistent driver of technological evolution. Industrialization – the ability to produce more, faster, and for less –...
Apr 18, 2023 Giving up on a one-size-fits-all warehouse? Start with basic automation By Steve Scales Mark Scales Rebecca Nolan Rijul Takkar +1 more... Show less The peak of pandemic-fueled challenges has passed, but companies still need to modernize warehouse operations. Automation is a lever...
Apr 04, 2023 Inventory planning is critical when cash is king: What’s your plan? By Akshay Balachandran Ryan Nelis Rebecca Nolan Leaner inventory has been a key topic across several consumer-facing industries—including automotive, retail, consumer products, and...
Mar 29, 2023 Eighth Annual Private Equity (PE) Leadership Survey | 2023 By Ted Bililies Richard Wallace Clark Perry Pippa Ross Josh Tecchio +2 more... Show less Leadership capabilities for a new era of private equity value creation.
Mar 10, 2023 Tech layoffs: What's the right approach? By Francesco Barosi Giuseppe Gasparro Lara Nemerov For the past eight months, tech companies have shifted focus from a relentless pursuit of growth to profitability and cost structure...
Mar 03, 2023 Power dynamic shifts amid shipping’s pivot to new normal By Marc Iampieri Erik Mattson Andrew Kerr James Roe Luiz Gosling +2 more... Show less 8 Takeaways from TPM 2023 We recently returned from an eye-opening 2023 TPM conference in Long Beach, Calif. The annual event brings...