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Supply chain video: Preparing for the worst, managing supplier risk in the downturn (Part 2)
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
This is the second part of the video presentation from Professor Rob Handfield in the PMMS Leadership in Procurement from the 2009 on supply chain risks in this economic downturn. In this part, he highlights that a charactaristic of high performance in not simply laying off people and go for radical...
Supply chain video: Preparing for the worst, managing supplier risk in the downturn (Part 1)
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
... Handfield from North Carolina State University gives a presentation titled "Preparing for the worst, managing supplier risk in the downturn" (Note: I have posted some other videos from him ...
Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
...of them are never caught. It is easy to be daring when fame and fortune are more important than the worst consequences and being remembered for being lawless is much more rewarding than being remember...
Anti-corruption body slams major export countries
in Sox First, on June 25, 2009
... bribery corruption. In its latest report , the anti-corruption body said some of the world's worst examples included Australia, Canada, Austria, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand and South Africa. B...
Airline crisis strategy: screw customers and staff
in Sox First, on June 21, 2009
...fee for passengers doing it online and double for those who pay at the airport. This is one of the worst examples of bone-headed strategy. Airlines should be doing everything possible to attract more...
Taking a Chance
in Next Nine Months, on June 19, 2009
...d is much more complex than that. That being said, I'd like to share what turned out to be the worst and best experience of my life.
It happened over the course of several years. It started when ...
A new wave of mortgage foreclosures on the way?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...I'd like to think that we've seen the worst of the foreclosure crisis. I'd like to think that we'll be seeing fewer homes fall into foreclosure, and fewer homeowners missing their mort...
Unemployment: are the numbers lying?
in Sox First, on June 14, 2009
...d. Through April there were 10.3 million layoffs, up 36% from the first four months of 2008 and the worst four-month performance. All that suggests is that the road back out of this recession is goin...
The Man Who Might Have Saved General Motors
in carzz.org, on June 10, 2009
...erring to himself in a press conference as "often wrong, but never in doubt." Perhaps his worst gaffe was when he described global warming as "a crock." He has since accepted "...
Could This be the Future of Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 9, 2009
... don't usually quote press releases - they tend to be speculative, at best, and over-hyped, at worst. However, the process offered here is interesting - not so much for its actual presence in th...
Renewable energy and the recession
in Sox First, on June 5, 2009
... That seems to be the suggestion in the latest REN21 Renewables Global Status Report . Despite the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, grid-connected solar PV grew by an astonishing 70%...
New MBAs claim they'll be ethical. Yeah right!
in Sox First, on May 31, 2009
...expense of others. It's a fascinating development because it happens bang in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Which raises an obvious question: how many would ...
More bad news: Mortgage delinquencies on the rise
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 29, 2009
... work out a new payment plan or some other solution to keep you and your family in your house.
The worst thing you can do is to do nothing. Then you'll certainly lose that home of yours.
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Early retirement soars, but who is going to pay?
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
...scheduled to run dry by 2037, which means people will be on severely reduced payments. And with the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression pushing US unemployment up to its highest level in...
Nokia Announces World's Cheapest G3 Phones
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 18, 2009
... Fold and 7020 models, which will sell for $75 and $120, respectively.
The handset market saw its worst ever quarter leading Nokia to report its first ever quarterly pretax loss.
The Finnish compa...
Corporate social responsibility and recession
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...roup. For each of those companies, it compared the stock price on February 11, 2008, before the worst of the economic crisis, and 12 months later, on February 10, 2009. Then, for each of those two...
Credit card losses to hit banks
in Sox First, on May 11, 2009
...arly $82.4 billion in credit card losses by the end of 2010. Federal regulators called that a "worst case" economic situation" but the paper suggests it could be a lot worse, more than ...
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in Wangtam, on May 7, 2009
...Worst Is Over"
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Financial crisis worse than the 1930s?
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
Is this crisis shaping up as worse than what we saw in the 1930s. There are some claims that this might be the case. In Britain, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has forecast that GDP in the UK could GDP could fall more this year than in 1931. "The pace of decline ...
Swatch Watches
in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 28, 2009
... Swiss Designer Watches
In the mid-seventies, the Swiss watch industry was in the midst of its worst crisis ever. The Japanese competition had been outclassed in 1979 with the launch of the Delirium...
More Wall Street greed
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
...r sign that melting markets have done nothing to wash away the shameless greed that has created the worst recession since the Second World War. And it will only heighten the gulf between Wall Street a...
Nouriel Roubini: we're not even at the bottom yet
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
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Anyone who thinks we have seen the worst of the recession should think again. Dr Doom, Nouriel Roubini says we haven't even hit the bottom yet. In this interview with Newsweek , Roubini says...
Big bonuses at imploding banks
in Sox First, on April 26, 2009
...er reports that 70% of financial services workers got a bonus in 2008 despite the unfolding of the worst crisis for 80 years with 16% saying their bonuses are bigger than last year. That includes UBS...
Dangerous economic optimism
in Sox First, on April 24, 2009
...nd Ireland won't recover all their ground until the beginning of 2011. Why is that? Because the worst recessions of the past were those rooted in banking crises and the other bad ones were those t...
Economic recovery a long "slog" - Volcker
in Sox First, on April 19, 2009
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While Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn suggests that the worst of the recession might be over, the impact of the economic catastrophe is likely to last for some time. With unemployment ...
Will COBRA Bite Your Business?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 18, 2009
...20% of eligible workers opt for COBRA coverage when they're laid off, but they tend to have the worst health problems. Insurers or businesses that pay for their own workers' claims generally p...
The Future of Golf is Online
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 17, 2009
...ours take up the cry for online subscription revenue, too.
As for that thorny issue of rights, the worst possible outcome would be a repeat of what happened with the Par 3 tournament this year: no ac...
Recession Creates Lots of Vacancies at Yellowstone
in The Flyaway Weblog, on April 16, 2009
... encounter. As a result, if you've always wanted to visit Yellowstone, and managed to avoid the worst of the economic doldrums, this might be a great year to realize that dream. Winter visitation ...
Did Vista jump the shark?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 14, 2009
... has been, even as newer, less costly alternatives have sprung up in the news? Microsoft picked the worst possible time to blow a Windows version release when they did so with Vista, with SaaS alterna...
Canadian Golf Prepares for Storm
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 13, 2009
...try: how profitable a season will it be this year?
The United States continues to plow through the worst recession - or depression - since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
In Canada, the poisoned ...
Defending the Hedge Against Coyotes
in The Outdoor Weblog, on April 8, 2009
...ly as trash and in some cases small animals and pets. Very rare cases involve small children.
The worst thing you can do when you see a coyote is to panic and run. Animal instinct, much like a cat ch...
Top Asthma Capitals for 2009
in Allergies, on April 6, 2009
... The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has released the list of the 100 worst cities to live in if you have asthma. This year, St. Louis, MO, has been named the top "Asthma Capital"...
Here we go again
in The CIO Weblog, on April 6, 2009
...uy itself someone else. Sun hasn't exactly had suitors queuing up for its hand. And this is the worst of all possible worlds for Sun; despite legions of committed fans of the companies hardware an...
Disneyland in Hong Kong May Not Make It
in Wandalust, on March 30, 2009
...ong over plans to begin work on another China theme park right away (in Shanghai ), and (perhaps worst of all) long lines of impatient visitors inside the park. The Shanghai theme park never got of...
Car chiefs in the gun
in Sox First, on March 30, 2009
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Who would want to be a car chief today? It's become one of the world's worst jobs. Two have been sacked and there's more to come. First we have the Obama administration forcing Gene...
VIdeo: Protect Yourself During the Spring Allergy Season
in Allergies, on March 24, 2009
...ng sprung in your neck of the woods? Here's a video courtesy of CNN featuring ways to avoid the worst of the spring allergy season:
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Sprin...
Market soars as trade collapses
in Sox First, on March 24, 2009
... World Trade Organization has warned that we are facing a global collapse in world trade, the worst since World War Two. As the WTO says, the scary part is that it's a case of synchronized s...
BlackHatters Beware... There ARE Consequences
in The Search Engine Weblog, on March 20, 2009
...und to influence search engines without annoying human users, buying links, spamming, and cloaking. Worst case scenarios for black hatters include being dropped from indexes altogether, never being ab...
Climate change: the worst case scenario is here
in Sox First, on March 16, 2009
... change. Now more alarmingly, we have the Copenhagen Climate Change Congress telling us that the worst case scenarios for climate change are already happening. "Recent observations confirm th...
Things I Should Have Blogged About...
in Bizinformer, on March 10, 2009
...nager's View . An insightful piece by a hedge fund manager.
On March 4th, PC Industry Facing Worst Slump in History . That's how you know it's bad - when people stop buying computers......
Global recession on its way
in Sox First, on March 9, 2009
...t think many people think it will be 1932 again. Let us pray. But it's probably going to be the worst postwar recession, certainly." Based on previous downturns and depressions, and based on...
Blind over-optimistic analysts
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
...t stress in the tests is especially surprising since a big lesson of the past two years is that the worst can happen, and then some. In times like these, the government and investors need to play '...
The Great Depression Ahead by Harry S Dent
in Sox First, on February 21, 2009
...professional forecaster says we ain't seen nothing yet. He says 2010 to 2012 will bring on the worst economic and banking crisis since the 1930s. Real estate will also collapse. He predicts there...
Is Mexico still a viable near-shore location?
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2009
...by the US Joint Forces Command published in January 2009 caught some by surprise: "In terms of worst-case scenarios for the Joint Force and indeed the world, two large and important states bear c...
American Auto Sales Nosedive Again; Union Workers Taking Early Outs
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 3, 2009
...The worst American car manufacturer's sales drought in 26 years has brought about every conceivable stop gap measure designed to save the industry from extinction.
Worker buyouts were offered to ...
Wall Street to Obama: the banks are insolvent
in Sox First, on January 21, 2009
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So Wall Street has greeted the new President by plunging 4% , the worst ever performance on inauguration day and beating the previous record set by the hopeless herbert hoover . Wall Street i...
Princess Cruises Cuts Prices to Alaska for this Summer
in The Flyaway Weblog, on January 17, 2009
...executive director of the Alaska Cruise Association, said the discounting is because of some of the worst sales cruise lines have encountered. Summer cruises to Alaska offer some of North America'...
Compliance challenges
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
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What are the main challenges with compliance? With the worst financial crisis in more than a generation, it's a question that will weigh on the minds of corporations the world over. According...
Kreuzfahrt: 100 Prozent Stornogebühren rechtens
in Kreuzfahrten, on January 8, 2009
...n anfallen können. Und wie die Süddeutsche Zeitung berichtet, können die Gebühren im "worst case" bis zu 100 Prozent des Reisepreises betragen. Dies geht aus einem Urteil des Amtsgerichts ...
The year ahead: what to expect?
in Sox First, on December 31, 2008
...econd half of 2009, markets (supposedly forward-looking) were signalling a weak conviction that the worst is behind us and that 2010 will see a return to growth. The markets, and then the real economi...
The worst forecasts for 2008
in Sox First, on December 31, 2008
... but the reality is very few got the timing right, except for some short-sellers. So what were the worst predictions for 2008. It's hard to go past the one that appeared in BusinessWeek on Chri...
Portable Snowbird: fast single-pane file manager
in Wangtam, on December 31, 2008
...ted Best Places To Work. AT&T, eBay, RadioShack Among the Worst.
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Blocking Allergies with Pre-Treatment
in Allergies, on December 31, 2008
...9;t wait until your allergy symptoms start before taking medications. Experts say you can block the worst by " pretreatment ".
What Is Allergy Pretreatment?
Allergy pretreatment is simple:...
Biofuels May be Obsolete Before We Can Make Enough to Matter - Part I
in IfEnergy, on December 26, 2008
...his month by investment bank ThinkEquity forecasts an 80% short fall in meeting this mandate.
The worst part of this situation is that the shortfall may serve as motivation to invest gobs of money i...
Economic forecasts - dark days ahead
in Sox First, on December 22, 2008
...tions from Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez, the Governor of the Bank of Spain. He says it's the worst since the Great Depression of 1929. "The lack of confidence is total. The inter-bank (len...
Bernanke the banker
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
...ed securities as conditions warrant." All this needs to be seen in the context of some of the worst fundamentals for any economy. Consider this: jobless claims have reached their highest level ...
US drivers off the road
in Sox First, on December 15, 2008
...car sales fell 37% in November, further confirmation that the US is deep in recession. It's the worst sales data in 26 years. And in a statement from the US Department of Transportation , Americ...
George W rewrites history
in Sox First, on December 12, 2008
...h bold measures to prevent an economic meltdown." Which is why we have had a meltdown and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression . The memo also tells them to remind people that ...
China slowdown continues
in Sox First, on December 10, 2008
...er Fan Gang told a conference, according to Bloomberg . According to Bloomberg, this would be the worst figures in a decade. But the real worry is the impact this will have on the country's soci...
Race To Dubai Slowing Down?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 7, 2008
...dmittedly is not a big part of Dubai's wealth, has shrunk drastically with falling oil prices.
Worst of all for Dubai, which relies on its massive transportation and port ownership around the wor...
Running on empty - the global recession unfolds
in Sox First, on December 5, 2008
...ealand by 1.5%. But the bad news keeps coming. The US economy shed 533,000 jobs in November , the worst rate of job loss in 34 years. And it's going to get worse. We now have reports that AT&a...
Dreadful US data package
in Sox First, on November 27, 2008
... figures for car sales and it won't be pretty with warnings that they could drop 17.7% to the worst level in more than a generation.
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Do we get depressed?
in Sox First, on November 23, 2008
...y and US unemployment set to reach 8%. It's a sobering read. Add that Obama warning that the worst may be yet to come and millions of jobs could be lost next year. On the other side of the fen...
Great Time To Learn Golf. Not.
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 22, 2008
... its impact on the game of golf. I do so because the current situation is unprecedented.
It is the worst global scenario in 80 years and we just don't know where it's going to bottom out. Def...
The Lori Drew Case and the Future of Anonymity on the Web
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 18, 2008
Steven Hodson at The Inquisitr published an interesting piece yesterday on the Lori Drew case and the legal implications it may eventually have for anonymity on the web.
Lori Drew's trial began today.
Hodson (along with Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins over at Mashable) wants you to thin...
Japan in recession: the gloom spreads
in Sox First, on November 17, 2008
...t worse than was expected. Economists now predict that Japan won't recover until 2010 and the worst is yet to come. The news comes after the G20 endorsed goals to stave off future disasters but...
Nintendo's challenge in this year's Wii forecast
in Supplychainer, on November 16, 2008
...consumer spending: This is a trend which has started to gain power from July 2008 adding up to the worst quarterly performance for personal spending in 28 years. A recent U.S. consumer survey by Delo...
Recession: the worst is yet to come
in Sox First, on November 13, 2008
Any hope of the Paulson bailout or the China stimulus package saving the world has faded with news that Germany has officially entered a recession. Germany is the driver of the European economy so the ripple effects will be massive. Add to that the forecast from the OECD that Japan, Europe ...
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in Wangtam, on November 12, 2008
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Morningstar and Barron's Survey Highlights An Upward Trend In Alternatives
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 11, 2008
...s and collective investment trusts at Morningstar. "We conducted this survey during one of the worst market downturns in history, where traditional U.S. and international investments plummeted an...
