- How mergers and acquisitions affect supply chains
According to Dr. Harpal Singh, in an article for Supply Chain Quarterly, post-merger supply chain assessments should focus on three major aspects: integration, optimization and acceptance. All three posts are intended to assure that supply chain systems exist on all levels, present themselves in their best form and are widely accepted company supply chain policy.
http://www.strategicsourceror.com/2015/10/how-mergers-and-acquisitions-affect.html
- ELON MUSK: “IF YOU DON’T MAKE IT AT TESLA, YOU GO WORK AT APPLE”
“They have hired people we’ve fired,” he said. “We always jokingly call Apple the ‘Tesla Graveyard.’ If you don’t make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple. I’m not kidding.”
- How feds helped Amazon make cloud ‘the new normal’
More agencies are hopping on board, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, which announced a $39 million contract with Reston-based Blue Canopy to build the agency’s advanced analytics capabilities on AWS.
http://fedscoop.com/how-feds-helped-amazon-make-cloud-the-new-normal
- 3 Supply Chain Career Requirements for Millennials
Anybody working at the moment wants these things, not just the millennial crowdHow does this translate to working in supply chain management? Best guesses, ad hoc decision-making, and antiquated forecasting and planning methodologies represent a minefield of frustration for the millennial worker. They want access to data and analytics that provide actionable insights—quickly. If you can provide them with that, their confidence in analyzing and acting on data will translate into significant operational effectiveness for your supply chain.
https://blog.kinaxis.com/2015/10/3-supply-chain-career-requirements-for-millennials/