Contract Manufacturing Management Supply Chain Trends 
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 2, 2015
Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” Joseph , a scrap-metal recycler, in order to secure supplies for its operations. Ethical supply chains.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
As a result, software-enabled manufacturing start-ups are poised to have a large economic impact. Examples of this trend include the Pebble , a Kickstarter-funded project that has now sold over one million smart watches (and which predated Google’s Android Wear smart watch and the Apple Watch).
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 10, 2012
In writing the book Sales Growth , we've found that CEOs who put sales management at the heart of their agenda have captured astonishing growth — outstripping their peers by 50 to 80 percent in terms of revenue and profitability. With many companies trying to shake off the drag of a global recession, CEOs are eager to find growth.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 14, 2016
Last year, networking giant Cisco Systems worked with one of its contract manufacturers in Malaysia to deploy 1,500 energy and temperature sensors on its manufacturing equipment. As Kern put it, “We always manage costs so closely, but we weren’t really measuring energy — we didn’t know how much we spent!
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 23, 2015
The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Therefore, contract manufacturers that perform 3D printing such as Shapeways generally wait to fill a batch that uses the entire build room. Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate.
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