We had recently written about the Ebola catastrophe and how it was poised to jump borders and go from an epidemic to a pandemic. While not yet a pandemic (thank your favorite god), it has not yet been brought under control and continues to spread.…
By now it is obvious that the Ebola epidemic (regional) has the potential to turn into a pandemic(global). Every agency (WHO, CDC etc. etc. ) has been extremely vocal about the threat. Not only is the virus spreading but it is also mutating. New strains…
Some of you may remember Soylent Green (book/movie) where the central premise is people living on wafers because of pollution and over population. You may also have heard recent reports about someone living on no food but something called Soylent-a drink based on the essential elements humans need to survive.
If you don’t know what TMI means, you can always ask your kids (Too Much Information) but the normal context is related to some gross or vile thing where all the information being shared is making you regurgitate. The emergence of Big Data (why is…
Materials managers, buyers, transportation coordinators, category managers, product engineers, suppliers, quality controllers, etc. all make up this mysterious world of Supply Chain. If you look at that list and think that one role is more important or more critical than another, then think again. Would it surprise you to learn that a 57 – cent part may have been the cause of GM’s recall crisis?