For those of you who believe that your carbon emissions won’t be tracked, just look at what Manufacturing Business Technology is reporting:
David Simchi-Levi, cofounder of LogicTools and now an ILOG consultant, says companies in the European Union, which has agreed to abide by the Kyoto Protocol for reducing greenhouse gases, already have a financial incentive […]
Funny how collaboration and communication, in and of themselves, are viewed by some as “strategies”. In my business (technology enabling business processes) you have to have something to collaborate about; i.e., a business process that is benefiting the company. In fact, “collaboration” and “communication” alone are never enough and seen as “me too” by the […]
Manufacturing Business Technology made us aware of competing energy policies and the arguments being considered. I thought John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) CEO, made some excellent comments that point to the importance of contributing to the discussion:
“Manufacturing is the most energy intensive sector of the economy,…The energy plan in Sen. McConnell’s amendment will […]
According to Manufacturing Business Technology (MBT) opposing energy plans are in process and one is preferred by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Let’s see which one you think NAM favors- is it number 1 or number 2?
1. “includes actions….such as exploring for oil on the nation’s Outer Continental Shelf and in the Arctic National […]
European Supply Chain Management magazine’s story about how a Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) system can assist a green strategy reveals some fascinating complications of the green agenda:
There is a tax already in place in the Netherlands based on the carbon footprint of product packaging. The challenge many manufacturers face is not simply adapting to […]
Sometimes things happen that are seemingly unrelated but the timing and topics are alarmingly similar. I was speaking to a technologist about selling Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) approaches to companies. The struggle is that it is very much an IT sell and it should be a business sell. Using my strategy mapping mentality I related […]
CIO Insight’s article on CIOs who take on more roles in the business brings up many issues to ponder. One of them is a potential career path beyond CIO that might be facilitated by a willingness to add roles and responsibilities to a CIO’s portfolio. The story of Beth Perlman, CIO of Constellation Energy, is […]
Alan Wilensky at bizcast has graciously commented on my blog lately. His post on social networks is full of insights- here are a couple:
“Strategies for Social Media, in particular, have been a challenge when soft pedaling my services in the outreach phase. Companies want to just jump in and create systems from whole cloth, offer […]
Global warming is being used to justify statistics that attack the most innovative products in the world. The Prius, Toyota’s amazing hybrid, is now said to have an energy footprint higher than the Hummer. RIDICULOUS! CNW Marketiing’s study was innocently published by the Automobile Club in their May Westway’s magazine (no on-line version as of […]
Looking over my blog statistics, which reveal which countries are viewing my blog, I’ve noticed China inching up the pack. China has already had, and will have, a tremendous impact on the projects that are managed worldwide.
I would like to put out a special request to those readers from China to participate in my blog. […]
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