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Supply chain video: If you want to re-negotiate the terms with suppliers, the moment is now!
in Supplychainer, on July 5, 2009
... prices
- Extend the payment terms (if it doesn't kill the supplier:))
In applying these strategies, a main element companies should consider is human factor: In the crisis situations, peop...
How can a supply chain react to unexpected events (similar to Michael Jackson's death)?
in Supplychainer, on July 5, 2009
...e main issue is integration with other legacy systems but this is getting better.
- Postponement strategies: This is less technology related; postponing the final assembly operation of customizati...
It's getting tougher to get a mortgage-broker license
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 2, 2009
...inancial means to make monthly mortgage payments. These same sleazy brokers steered homeowners into risky loans, mortgage products such as interest-only loans and adjustable-rate mortgages with artifi...
Good News for Liberal Arts Majors - StarCraft Classes Now Available
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 2, 2009
...vested in learning the ins and outs of the game. Mr. ByunTae will teach you:
Basic and Advanced strategies and build orders for all three races.
In-game bugs to be used to your advantage such as...
Supply chain video: Preparing for the worst, managing supplier risk in the downturn (Part 2)
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
...ves that's the time where supply chain leadership is necessary more than ever and more balanced strategies are required.
He talks a bit the tight credit these days and the problems which a...
AADE'sNew Blog: Diabetes Education Voices
in Daily Diabetic, on June 29, 2009
...ng active, monitoring blood glucose, medication-taking, problem solving, reducing risks, and coping strategies.
The are working diabetes educators—so their subjects are based on their real worl...
Supply chain video: Massimo Marchi on supply chain risk and innovation
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
...larly at risk. Rising oil prices and high Euro/Dollar changes make importing from Europe to US more risky. Companies need to evaluate alternative domestic sources of supply, shipping and packaging met...
Survival strategies for a deepening recession
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
The green shoots are turning into yellow weeds. The World Bank forecast for the global economy is a sobering read. According to the World Bank, the global economy will shrink by nearly 3 per cent this year, a situation created by plunging trade and business lending. And world trade will contr...
Improving working capital through effective supply chain management
in Supplychainer, on June 21, 2009
...iator for improving working capital. and need for effective working capital management. A series of strategies have been proposed as best practice to achieve such goals in which a summary of them is p...
Look After YOur Man This Fathers' Day
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 18, 2009
...dviser for Men's Health Network, a nonprofit organization that advocates for preventive health strategies and education for men. "In almost every category of disease, men die at a higher rate...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...t the ratings agencies which caused the crisis when they made millions by encouraging the spread of risky products that subsequently shattered the global economy. That's just not good enough. As ...
Recession Forces More Golf Deals
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 8, 2009
...hat kind of thing.
Retailers are desperate to move merchandise and they're employing inventive strategies.
But what about the recreational golf industry? Frankly, I haven't seen too many clu...
The case against stock options
in Sox First, on May 22, 2009
...isk seeking. For example, if by August 2009 the share price is 90, he will be inclined to engage in risky "win or lose" moves. If the risk pays off and the share price rises well above a 100...
Employee disengagement in a recession
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
... outperform stragglers." So with more companies cutting costs, and cutting down on engagement strategies, we can expect a massive fallout and lots of pissed off employees....
Downturn easing without recovery
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
...eturn to normal. This is the rosy scenario. But experiences around the world suggest that this is a risky outlook. Even were banks healthy, the deleveraging process and the associated loss of wealth m...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
... reckless bets. They created and sold exotic investment vehicles few could understand and hid those risky investments in off-balance-sheet structured investment vehicles and conduits. In effect what t...
Types of Content: Approaches to Creating Content that Can Drive Your Rankings
in The Search Engine Weblog, on April 29, 2009
...es.
Jeff Quipp had a piece last month that's been sitting on my back burner. It's about strategies for content creation. He makes the point that there are a number of types of content out ...
50 Ways to Leave your Outsourcer
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on April 28, 2009
© simplified complication
Robert Jaques, in an article posted on WhatPC yesterday, talked about the difficulties involved in exiting outsourcing arrangements.
Mr. Jaques rightfully points out that offshoring and outsourcing relationships have clearly migrated from "non-core" busin...
Future structural changes in supply chains
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
...ical forces in China, Europe and the U.S.manufacturers to revisit their outsourcing or near-shoring strategies. Politicians are under the gun to protect domestic jobs and insure their country's co...
Director at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center becomes supply chain "Pro to know" of the year
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
...ecutive. "Their efforts in developing the tools and processes that enable companies to weather risky economic conditions and place them in a position to surge ahead in better times have earned th...
Gates Foundation World Malaria Day Blogger Teleconference
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 23, 2009
... their 1-year grant, the researchers will provide insights into their projects and malaria control strategies.
If you are able to join the teleconference, send an email to Becky Meisels (bmeisel...
Enterprise 2.0: Reality Check
in The CIO Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...ds are, and at the depth of consideration which most attendees were putting into their social media strategies. The pushback that one hears about almost constantly online was nowhere in evidence; rath...
10 secrets of the downturn leader
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
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What are the secrets of the downturn leader? What sort of strategies are needed during a recession. I identify 10 of them in my piece here . The 10 secrets are communication, keeping up staf...
Some emission reduction strategies
in Supplychainer, on April 7, 2009
If you remember, I had a post somewhile ago on a new report from World Economic Forum which was talking about supply chain de-carbonization (Link here ). I went through that report again yesterday and found out some interesting proposed actions which companies can start with to reduce their emi...
Now no refueling for vehicles carrying unauthorized CNG Kits
in The RFID Weblog, on April 6, 2009
...ld send shivers down your spine but we need to realize that filling up gas in CNG vehicles can be a risky business if a vehicle is carrying non standard natural gas cylinder and there is always a chan...
Strategies for improving retail supply chain
in Supplychainer, on March 31, 2009
...on times from supply chain perspectives.
As the name of his article shows, he has proposed 4 main strategies to improve retail supply chain. Below I have brought a summary of these strategies:
1....
Domize: The Better Instant Domain Name Search Tool.
in Wangtam, on March 23, 2009
...hares: 5 Things We Wish We Could Undo on the Internet
• 8 Smart Strategies to Make Your Home Dust-Proof
• Discuss and Discover Apps, Books, Games, Movies, and Music on blippr.com
• 新技术、新媒体、新产业-C...
Free eBook on Inventory Management Best Practices
in Supplychainer, on March 21, 2009
...e general observations on the improvement areas within the processes
ROI Benefits: These are the strategies which make you able to reap tangible benefits.
The book covers several topics like war...
Counterpoint: Employers snoop away!
in The CIO Weblog, on March 4, 2009
...ual employees, and as long as there is publicly available information which allows the screening of risky hires, responsible companies have little choice but to make use of it. Moreover, Levinson forg...
Tax Tips
in TJ's Weblog, on February 17, 2009
...use of your home, and travel costs.
BusinessWeek has a number of articles on small business tax strategies . With a hand full of new tax rules coming into play for the 2008 filing, the BusinessWee...
New book: The power of unreasonable people...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on February 16, 2009
.... This is a new book; the authors claim that by understanding these entrepreneurs' mindsets and strategies, you gain vital insights into future market opportunities for your own organization.
If...
Data management and forecasting remain top challenges in life science sector
in Supplychainer, on February 16, 2009
... Aberdeen Group recently published a new report aimed at providing ideas on supply chain strategies for life science sector. The results of the analysis done by Aberdeen were quite interesting as the...
How to combat recession with operations
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
...ovider of on-demand procurement solution has published a whitepaper with the title "10 Secret Strategies To Recession-Proof Your Business". I took a look at it and found some interesting p...
Credis Suisse sheds light on hedge fund failure
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 2, 2009
...try as a whole. The piece also offers some comparisons to past market downturns, periods in which strategies saw severe declines in assets under management and how performance was impacted in the year...
Deloitte's new report on supply chain improvement in crisis times
in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2009
...u can download it here ). The document is short but I liked the was it was presenting cost cutting strategies: The authors are putting emphasis on having financial aspects in mind when approaching su...
Underway Now: World Future Energy Summit, in Abu Dhabi
in IfEnergy, on January 20, 2009
...ay conference, which will explore current and future options for renewable energy technologies, and strategies for their implementation. Also on the agenda is Masdar City, Abu Dhabi's futuristic e...
Growing Your Business in the Service Sector
in TJ's Weblog, on January 19, 2009
... Matt Rodela over at Small Business Trends had an article recently on strategies for growing your service business. Now is not the time for business as usual. It's time to get creative and think ...
Maize-Based Dietary Fibres For Weight and Diabetes Control
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 19, 2009
...ry in beverage and foods containing these fibers, they may be effective in applications for dietary strategies to control diabetes and other chronic diseases. In addition, the in vitro digestibility a...
Future of SaaS in supply chain
in Supplychainer, on January 15, 2009
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Aberdeen has found out (as you see above) that companies are considering SaaS as one of the top 4 strategies to achieve such goal. SaaS, though in its infancy, is a promising model and Aberdeen esti...
Vietnam Mandates Open Source
in HackITLinux, on January 10, 2009
...rs Technica's Ryan Paul . "Several other countries in the region have formulated migration strategies or established formal procurement preferences that favor open source and open standards. ...
Corporate ethics and law
in Sox First, on January 9, 2009
...ery short time horizon - necessarily cause the firm to take a longer term view of its decisions and strategies. Such inclusion will also cause corporations to internalize more the costs of their decis...
The year ahead: what to expect?
in Sox First, on December 31, 2008
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I know this is risky after the last post, but what the hell. What can we expect in 2009. The truth is, no-one really knows. Still, there are some forecasts worth looking at. A sobering prediction...
Strike at Hong Kong's Airport Delays Flights
in Wandalust, on December 27, 2008
...il after negotiations start up again on January 5th. But flights into Hong Kong after that might be risky...
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Madoff Scandal Rocks Hedge Funds Globally
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 15, 2008
...d of hedge fund managers who are obviously doing no due diligence nor do they understand hedge fund strategies do manage so much amounts of money and wonder why this happened to them" said Oliver...
Tudor Halts Redemptions
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 2, 2008
...in 1980 by Paul Tudor Jones II, the firm currently manages $15.4 billion. The firm's investment strategies include global macro trading, fundamental equity investing in the U.S. and Europe, emergi...
Rubin's self-serving "innocence"
in Sox First, on December 1, 2008
...dwork for this financial crisis. As Treasury secretary he was a proponent of letting banks get into risky investments and he eased back the Depression-era laws barring banks from becoming investors. H...
Strategies for product configuration optimization
in Supplychainer, on November 30, 2008
...e figure which I have taken from an interesting Whitepaper by Moduslink which describes two generic strategies on product configuration optimization (time and cost based) and their benefits
Now ...
How to solve the problem of competing with private label products?
in Supplychainer, on November 29, 2008
...achines, etc.
I couldn't think of any other operational tactics for short term results. Other strategies like promotion fall into marketing areas and not operations...Any thoughts?...
Dreamforce
in The CIO Weblog, on November 4, 2008
...ices right now, today, where cloud providers are still flailing to get out of beta and define their strategies will play well with CIOs looking to take advantage of online economies of scale but who h...
New Study: Personalized Assessments Can Improve Instruction
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 30, 2008
...mative assessments and also looks at the barriers schools face in implementing effective assessment strategies." It makes sense to consider assessments as more than a student evaluation tool. Whe...
Wall Street Survivor Training
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 28, 2008
.... The platform also maintains an evolving database of stock trading tips and articles on investment strategies.
"In this day and age people, now more than ever must take the time to properly pre...
Confidence Declines in October
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 23, 2008
...d in investor portfolios, September 17 to October 15, saw the largest single reallocation away from risky assets that we have witnessed in the data since it first became available in 1994 ."
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The crash and deregulation
in Sox First, on October 18, 2008
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There are many explanations for the crash. Some blame it on greedy bankers and investment strategies that shunned trust and integrity. Others blame it on cheap money and low interest rates. But th...
Another book on bootstrapping
in BootStrapMe, on October 14, 2008
...dverse bunch anyway. And if a company is going to take care of its stock holders just how much risky speculation on unproven ventures and products should it be doing anyway, without (like Google) hav...
Supply chain video: Forrester expert discusses best practices in Vendor Management
in Supplychainer, on October 12, 2008
...hy explains how some of the companies have used SAP implementations, organizational changes and new strategies have acted as a catalyst for starting initiatives in VMO area. Hope you enjoy!
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Entellium fallout
in The CIO Weblog, on October 9, 2008
...SaaS failures will fall into that same vein (which is my suspicion) or whether they really are more risky for customers than traditional software company failures....
AIG's dodgy accounting
in Sox First, on October 8, 2008
...riors were stopping him from trying to ensure the company properly accounted for liabilities in its risky financial products....
How to identify the future trends in supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on October 2, 2008
...nd Development: An at the end, Supply Chain Managers look at the nuts and bolts of implementing the strategies they have decided to follow as a result of the previous two steps.
The important consid...
I'm Very Tempted to Buy Small Banks
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 30, 2008
...e survive, you could potentially double your investment in the next couple of months.
Yes it's risky. But by spreading it 3 ways, I see it as a real opportunity to make some big profits in a shor...
Vodia Expands Into Frontier Markets
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 29, 2008
...-named Finadium says, to showcase an ability to develop new ideas and create products and marketing strategies in financial markets, expanding beyond the original scope of Vodia Group.
The Finadium n...
China Stock Investors Get New Rules
in China Venture News, on September 29, 2008
...th the expectation of magnifying profits. Margin trading can lead greater returns, but is also very risky.
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Bodog Open II Starts Sunday
in Internet Poker, on September 27, 2008
...for the Bodog Poker Open II are up and running so dig deep and pull out your best online tournament strategies and skills. For this series of eight championship events, buy-ins range from $100-$500.
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Scratch and Sniff DVD's Seem Scents-less
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 24, 2008
...g has been deemed one of the most effective marketing types available for a variety of promotional strategies and campaigns." I disagree, I have never enjoyed opening a magazine and having the pe...
Your "Balanced" Mutual Fund May Be Off Balance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 23, 2008
...th a little... well, we usually don't know, we just know that "balanced" sounds less risky.
And usually it is. But this article by Gail MarksJarvis tells us that balanced fund manager...
Getting Your Yuan from Shanghai to San Francisco (or Wherever)
in China Venture News, on September 19, 2008
... leave.
The rules about transferring yuan out of China are complicated. Matt looks at a number of strategies - not all of them completely legal in the eyes of the PRC. You can carry it physically ou...
Lehman & AIG & The Rest Can All Go Straight Down the Toilet As Far As I'm Concerned
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 16, 2008
...le. These massive organizations, with billions and billions of dollars of assets, make a series of risky moves in the mortgage/credit arena, and then they come looking for the government to bail them ...
Lehman, Merrill and Offshoring
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 15, 2008
...rst, it is important to remember that these crashes were caused by woeful risk management. Poor and risky management led to these crises. The result of this will likely be far more conservative manage...
Is "dual supplier" a good strategy?
in Supplychainer, on September 9, 2008
...ple shows this. Besides this, we have to take into account that on single items dual sourcing strategies are often difficult due to the extra effort needed to properly schedule supplier deliveri...
TriAlpha Hedge Fund Launches
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 5, 2008
...ts."
The five absolute return funds offer investors a variety of risk profiles and investment strategies, the 'TriAlpha Relative Value Fund', which invests in market-neutral, multi-s...
More On Hedge Fund Jobs
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on August 20, 2008
...yers. Subscribe to industry publications, make sure that you are familiar with all the big players, strategies, service providers etc.
2. Promote yourself within the industry. This can be done throu...
