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 […]
Miki at Leadership Turn deals with innovation the Google way. It’s a great read- take a look. I’d like to focus on a couple of things that she brought up:
1. Google’s allowing people to work on their own ideas 20% of the time as long as they track what they are doing.
2. The idea of […]
Another country that provides readers to projectmanagement411 is Brazil. In fact they are fifth and rising (behind the US, Australia, Czech Republic and Canada) on the list of most readers by country this month.
One reason I’m intensely interested in Brazil is because of their energy policy. Wikipedia says that Brazil…:
“is the world’s second largest producer […]
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 […]
As I was saying in my last post, Strategy+Business hit the nail on the head in their analysis of why manufacturers in developed countries are successful (countering the trend of outsourcing manufacturing to non-developed countries). Then they ruined a perfectly good article by suggesting that governments get involved in “encouraging” these companies:
How then can national […]
I was really encouraged by the Strategy+Business article on why manufacturers in developed countries are still successful. These manufacturers are bucking the trend towards outsourcing to non-developed countries:
But there is also the counterexample of leading manufacturing companies, farsighted enough to view their factories, supply chains, logistics and procurement programs, inventory cycles, and labor management as […]
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 […]
The Czech Republic is one of the top reading groups on my blog. I’m very curious as to why- is it my name, Turek? or the topics ringing true? More importantly, I want to learn and be influenced by what is going on in your country.
My personal heritage is Czechoslovakian with great grandparents and one […]
I noticed a marked uptick in my Australian readers. I admittedly am not tuned into the business climate there and would appreciate any and all suggestions as to sources of information about innovation and executing business strategies in your country. In particular, how do the United States economic forces and expectations affect your economy? Is […]
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 […]
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