// <![CDATA[ var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-857684-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); // ]]> GE Chairman Jeff Immelt in his interview with Fortune magazine said somethingContinue reading “Jeff Immelt: Small Business tends to hang out with Big Business in the supply chain and jobs get created”
Category Archives: Small and Medium Industry
“Go West (now overseas)” or at least source iPhone parts globally for a thriving business !
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The SRM you receive depends on Risk-Value position- are you a bottleneck or leverage supplier?
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Innovation is the solution to job growth- but how to innovate?
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Re-organizing R&D for innovation – latest trends in biotech and chemicals
// <![CDATA[ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); // ]]> // <![CDATA[ try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} // ]]> Talking to people in chemical and biotech-pharma is painting a new picture of re-organizing the research work-force for invention andContinue reading “Re-organizing R&D for innovation – latest trends in biotech and chemicals”
The clean “Vendor Master” problem- when strategy meets execution.
Attended a great talk by Matt Marthinson on working capital on Tuesday (January 2010). Among other very useful things Matt explained the concept of “vendor master” in the context of working capital in ERP systems. The vendor master as supply chain professionals know and marketing professionals may not realize is the master data organizations maintainContinue reading “The clean “Vendor Master” problem- when strategy meets execution.”
2010 trends for niche markets
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Climate Change and US jobs- some CEO green options
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Buyer Supplier Relationships gets Nobel Prize in Oliver Williamson
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Global B2B implications of Obama Nobel Prize, Free Global Telephony and Twitter
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} No sooner I found out that President Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize , I called my old friend from Vadodara,India – the longtime hometown andContinue reading “Global B2B implications of Obama Nobel Prize, Free Global Telephony and Twitter”