Contract Manufacturing Operations Technology 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.” make your own operations more efficient. create the opportunity to invent new operations.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Second, a number of important inputs have gotten cheaper.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 21, 2018
As technology transforms our economy, one trend is getting more and more attention: the prospect that it will increasingly automate the work that we human beings do. While it’s true that technology is taking over routine tasks from many workers, it is also reshaping many supply and demand trends that drive our global markets.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 10, 2012
But winning CEOs demand analytics from their sales organization (much as they do from operations or strategy) to help understand everything from the effectiveness of sales campaigns to opportunity analysis to performance reviews. CEOs generally don't want changes to how their sales force operates for fear of killing the golden goose.
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. It’s time to move energy into the C-suite so executives can manage this critical component of operational performance in a more strategic way.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
But it is realistic to envision the growth of high-value-add, high-skill, high-wage manufacturing industries like the microprocessor and computer-networking businesses that Intel and Cisco launched in the 1980s. The real issue is whether anything can be done about this investment trend. The answer is yes.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 23, 2015
However, we also know that 99% of all manufactured parts are standard and do not require customization. In these cases, 3D printing has to compete with scale-driven manufacturing processes and rather efficient logistics operations. The Future of Operations. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.
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