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.

Mass Marketing 13

Mass Marketing Technology Contract Manufacturing Insurance 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

. “A lot of lifestyle businesses used to not be able to get started in larger-run manufacturing which was a pitfall for any small-scale renaissance,” observes Mark Hatch, founder of TechShop , a chain of urban maker spaces in U.S. metros like Austin, Pittsburgh, and the Bay Area. This opens up possibilities.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

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.” One such customer is Morning Star , a world leader in the production of industrial tomato paste.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

When tracking trends for future growth opportunities, for example, invest real money (2 to 4 percent of the sales budget is good) to develop analytical tools and teams that monitor trends such as demographic shifts, regulations, and new technologies. Only the CEO can push this kind of coordination through.

CEO 15

CEO 360-Degree Feedback Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 15

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 10

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2011

Yet rather than license its breakthrough technology to a company such as Nikon and sell the product through traditional camera retailers, Lytro is building its own camera that it will sell through Internet channels such as Amazon and via the company's own website. Sales channels can also choke bold inventions.

Contract Manufacturing 11

Contract Manufacturing Licensing Retail Innovation 11

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. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Consider McCormick & Co, a Fortune 1000 spice manufacturer.

Energy 8

Energy Company Supply Chain Operations 8