Manufacturing: Home Sweet Home? Mastery in Action 5/4/2012 (12) comments Some contract manufacturers may move production back to Western plants to improve the efficiency and quality of their business model.
Where's the Maytag Repairman? Mastery in Action 11/18/2011 (39) comments The growing absence of solid after-sales support program is hurting the image of many companies and influencing customer purchase actions.
Over There? Mastery in Action 9/8/2011 Post a comment US and European OEMs not only are reconsidering their offshoring, but in some cases are moving manufacturing back into or at least near their “home” markets.
Back to School Mastery in Action 6/2/2011 (4) comments Managing today's global, distributed, high-tech supply chain is hard, so companies are upgrading employee knowledge through retraining.
Permanent Volatility Is Here to Stay Mastery in Action 5/19/2011 (7) comments Companies can better manage the growing lack of business predictability by integrating profit, sales, and operations planning.
Looking Inside & Beyond Products Mastery in Action 3/30/2011 (8) comments High-tech companies' physical supply chains must evolve as they integrate software and content offerings across products and platforms
Managing Risk in High-Tech Supply Chains Mastery in Action 3/4/2011 (7) comments To mitigate risks, supply chains must adopt analytics, use financial data for scenario modeling, and understand business trade-offs
They Need Your Supply Chain Mastery in Action 2/4/2011 (2) comments Outsourcing of non-core supply chain work is an efficient way to support new businesses, quickly and often with better capabilities
EBN Dialogue enables and encourages you to participate in live chats with notable leaders and luminaries. Not only editors and journalists, but the entire EBN community is able to comment and ask questions. Listed below are upcoming and archived chats.
Archived Dialogues
Thailand Stages a Comeback Join EBN contributor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday August 23, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. EST for a live chat on how electronic manufacturers in Thailand have shored up their supply chain to reduce the impact of future natural disasters.
Euro-Crisis: What It Means for High-Tech Firms Join EBN Editor in Chief Bolaji Ojo and Contributing Editor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday, July 12, at 10:00 a.m. EDT for a Live Chat on high-tech and Europe's economic difficulties.
Microsoft Surface: Potential Winners & Losers What are the implications for the electronics industry supply chain of Microsoft Corp.'s decision to launch its own tablet PC? Join industry veteran and EE Times' systems and OEM expert Rick Merritt on Tuesday, July 3, at 12:00 pm EDT for a Live Chat on this subject.
Join EBN contributor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday August 23, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. EST for a live chat on how electronic manufacturers in Thailand have shored up their supply chain to reduce the impact of future natural disasters.
Peter Drucker famously said "Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window." Yet in the razor's-edge world of electronics—with a lean supply chain and just-in-time demands—the need to know the future is vital.
While no one really can accurately predict the future, we can take guidance from another Drucker saying which is the best way to predict the future is to create it.
You've heard the saying "the No. 1 supply chain risk is your people." That hasn't always been the case. But today's complex global supply chain requires a new type of multitalented employee. It's one who understands, finance, marketing, economics, is savvy with technology, graceful with relationships and can think analytically.
Where are these people? Are universities properly preparing the next generation supply chain professionals? How do train your existing workforce for these new, demanding positions?
Brian Fuller, editor-in-chief of EBN, will lead a 60-minute Avnet Velocity panel discussion that will ask and answer these and other questions swirling around today's supply-chain talent challenges.
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