Small Company Supply Chain Challenges

Smaller companies face the same issues as bigger companies. This applies probably as much or more to the supply chain as any otter function. They have to process orders, ensure quality, solve problems, expedite inbounds and outbounds, and this must all be done at the least possible cost. We have written about the multi-criteria optimization problem that is the Supply Chain. The complexity and trade-offs apply to both $50 billion multi-national corporations and $5 million companies with one office, plant, and warehouse location.

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Reduce the Friction: Lean How to Get the Supply Chain and Finance on the Same Page

CR Supply Chain Managing Director, Mark Gavoor, will be presenting a webinar on Wednesday June 5th at 1 pm CDT. The organization hosting it is Proformative: The Largest Community of Corporate Finance Professionals. It is a free organization. In our short dealings with them, we are impressed with professionalism. The Title: Reduce the Friction: Learn How to Get Supply Chain and Finance on the Same Page

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Coffee with Randy Wickstrom

CR Supply Chain Managing Director, Mark Gavoor, will be presenting a webinar on Wednesday June 5th at 1 pm CDT. The organization hosting it is Proformative: The Largest Community of Corporate Finance Professionals. It is a free organization. In our short dealings with them, we are impressed with professionalism. The Title: Reduce the Friction: Learn How to Get Supply Chain and Finance on the Same Page

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One-Trick Pony... with a Hammer?

The Merriam-Webster Online dictionary defines the term One-Trick Pony as "one that is skilled in only one area; also one that has success only once." In this posting we are concerned with leaders that are One-Trick Ponies in that they are only skilled in one area.

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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner

There is an article in the February 4, 2013 issue of The New Yorker, “Financial Page: Requiem for a Dreamliner” by James Surowieki. The article is about the problems that have grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The plane is relatively new. There are only fifty of these technological marvels currently in service. Regulators in the US, Japan, and elsewhere have grounded the planes due to two incidents of fires in the lithium-ion batteries that power the braking, air conditioning, and pressurization systems of the aircraft. The plane is bigger, lighter, and made of carbon fiber. It operates on 20% less fuel than its competitors. It is the most exciting and promising new aircraft in history.

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