8 Ways the Chennai Floods Demonstrated the (Good & Bad) Power of Social Media
Last month, Chennai, the coastal capital of Southern State Tamil Nadu often called the Detroit of South India, was battered by...
Cultural Intelligence Proves Critical to Global Strategy
To be effective globally, organizations need to foster cultural intelligence, especially in senior management. A couple of weeks ago, I...
iPad Pro Not Ready for Supply Chain Prime Time
When Apple introduced the iPad Pro, I was intrigued by the technology, and I could clearly see opportunity for the device in the supply...
Tell Apple to Stop Drinking Its Own Kool Aid: The PC Isn't Dead Yet
"I think if you're looking at a PC, why would you buy a PC anymore? No really, why would you buy one?" Apple CEO Tim Cook recent queried...
Tracking the Evolution of Distribution Center Tech
In the distribution center (DC), technology has taken over many manually intensive, paper-based processes. That progression is...
Leverage Gamification to Improve Worker Engagement
One of my customers, a bulk picking department manager, asked an intriguing question the other day: How can I keep my employees motivated...
Finding the Value of Mobility in the Supply Chain
As a participant in the recent Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Supply Chain & Mobility Panel, we talked about the benefits of...
Mobile Tech Extends the Life of Legacy Systems
Fifteen years ago, after I had joined a supply chain vendor as a developer, I encountered a product called Jwalk (a unit-testing tool for...
Image Tracking Across the Entire Supply Chain
A picture is worth a thousand words and a story is worth a thousand pictures. It's little wonder, then, that people often long to...
Getting the Right 3PL/4PL Strategy to Deliver Like Amazon
For many electronics companies, outsourcing certain aspects of the logistics process can lead to better business and improved customer...
