June 22, 2018 According to the Wall Street Journal, robots are taking on pharmaceuticals and food preparation. In pharmaceuticals, companies like Eli Lilly and GlaxoSmithKline are investing heavily in automation to radically change the process of drug discovery. If robots can handle thousands of samples around the clock, although [...]
Do you have an eye to the future? Don't just answer yes and move on. Take a few moments to consider this question. In today's Amazon-impacted world, if you miss a few months buried in your isolated internal world no matter the reason, you might miss a noteworthy event, [...]
January 25, 2018 Trump just announced that the U.S. would impose a tariff up to 50% on large residential washing machines. Almost immediately, the news started to emerge. According to an Industry Week article, Whirlpool plans to add around 200 jobs in their Ohio facility and announced plans to [...]
California wildfires have the potential to disrupt the flow of US commerce. A report from the Wall Street Journal quoting Lisa Anderson.California wildfires have the potential to disrupt the flow of US commerce. A report from the Wall Street Journal quoting Lisa Anderson.</div>Supply chain risk has increased exponentially over [...]
Have you ever thought about how easy it is to uncover process opportunities? Most executives tell me 'no' as it seems much harder than it is most of the time yet they are very interested in these opportunities to improve their business. As interested as they are in these [...]
Published September 26, 2014 In today's Wall Street Journal, there is an article about Alan Turing who believed strongly in artificial intelligence and is one of the pioneers related to understanding the power of the computer. What I found compelling about the article was it's sub-title, "Today's biggest innovations [...]
