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strategy+business: Operations And Manufacturing Strategies For Global Supply Chain And Production Management

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Our coverage of manufacturing strategy and operations strategy is designed to help companies create an effective global footprint. Authors include prominent academics, manufacturing practitioners from Booz & Company, and seasoned operations executives — on subjects such as lean production, supply chain management, global sourcing, offshoring, backshoring, global manufacturing footprints, and supplier relationships. s+b manufacturing guru Tim Laseter writes a regular column on operations strategy.

Operations & Manufacturing

Manufacturing’s Wake-Up Call

A new study shows how the decisions made today by goods producers and policymakers will shape U.S. competitiveness tomorrow.

A Strategist’s Guide to Digital Fabrication

Rapid advances in manufacturing technology point the way toward a decentralized, more customer-centric “maker” culture. Here are the changes to consider before this innovation takes hold.
 

The Case for Intelligent Industrial Policy

Economic strategist Clyde Prestowitz argues for better support for manufacturing.


Focus and Scale on the Internet

The next wave of online business models must focus narrowly, rather than blindly pursuing scale.
 

A Better Way to Battle Malware

Emulating the methods used to transform production quality could clean up the Internet — and might even pay for itself.

The Thought Leader Interview: Henry Chesbrough

To escape the commodity trap — and to compete effectively in a knowledge-based economy — business leaders of all kinds need to reinvent themselves as innovators in services.

Service Operations as a Secret Weapon

Effectively managing service operations is crucial to controlling labor costs and improving customer satisfaction. By addressing six drivers of performance, executives can go a step further — turning their service operations into a key source of competitive advantage.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…or Rethink

For consumer durables, environmental sustainability starts with discarding conventional wisdom.

Herman Miller’s Design for Growth

The office-furniture design leader is betting on innovation as it continues to push the envelope of management practice.

Cleaning the Crystal Ball

How intelligent forecasting can lead to better decision making.

Virtuous Connections

A fine-tuned supply chain is more than the sum of its parts. Ideally, each link improves the next.

The Supply Chain Is Flat

William Fung, the head of an old and very large Hong Kong trading company, on making and selling products in a vastly altered global landscape.

The Case for Backshoring

Which manufacturing operations should return to the United States?
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