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.” The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Even in this contentious election year, all sides agree on one issue: The loss of American manufacturing jobs over the past decade has been a disaster for the U.S. It would be unrealistic to imagine a return to low-value-add, low-skill, low-wage production in the commodity industries that employed millions of Americans a century ago.

Finance 9

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The resulting challenges may include new contract-manufacturing relationships, which can be a complicated and disorienting process for the uninitiated. New skills may be required, new distribution options may emerge, and field conflict (direct and channel) is not uncommon. Operations. Human resources.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2015

We partnered with a company in a Singapore that had expertise in RFID technology, and began to put together a solution involving tags on bottles, a customized storage unit that could read the tags, and a software management system. The integration between the tags, the storage unit, and the software was technologically tough to pull off.

Innovation 8

Innovation Business Model Software Contract Manufacturing 8