The Hidden Harm of Organizational “Change Resistance”
Anyone who’s gone through the rigors of an ERP implementation and its associated process analysis knows something about “resistance” to organizational change. After all, no one likes to [...]
“We’ve built an unstoppable, uncensorable world computer”
Be sure to read our previous post beginning here on some basics of “blockchain” technology. Today, we’ll tell you about an even newer evolution in the rapidly evolving blockchain [...]
Blockchain and The Future of Supply Chains (Part 2 of 2)
As we began in our prior post to look at a new technology called “blockchain,” we posed the question: What if you could document and preserve all the [...]
Blockchain and The Future of Supply Chains
What if you could document and preserve all the data associated with a product’s life cycle from the origin of the raw materials to the final sale of [...]
Peter Drucker on the 8 Practices of the Best Business Executives
Over a decade ago, the late Peter Drucker (for my money, the wisest business professor and most clear-headed business writer ever) wrote in the Harvard Business Review that [...]
Tips for Managing a Rising Tide of SKUs
Recently, in an article for APICS Magazine, Jonathan Thatcher, director of research for APICS (an organization long dedicated to supply chain operational excellence), listed a few tips for [...]
Three Key Pillars of Lean Transformation
We like highlighting and learning from stories about companies getting “lean” because helping manufacturing and distribution companies become more competitive through lean processes supported by good software is [...]
On Manufacturing and Jobs
As software providers, we focus largely on manufacturing (and distribution) clients, and so as a service to all we like to periodically report on trends and developments in [...]