Butter, Garage Doors, and SUVs: Why Shortages Remain Common
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Want a new car? You may have to wait as long as six months, depending on the model you order. Looking for a spicy condiment?
Automation provides opportunities for new, more efficient workflows and better resource use in manufacturing. Despite a long history of fears concerning job losses brought on by automation, these anxieties aren’t typically reflected in reality.
It’s a conundrum that faces everyone who operates a manufacturing or service business: Most are unaware of the dire consequences of a defect reaching a customer until a process server hands them a lawsuit. By then it’s too late.
In an earlier article in this series, “Cybersecurity and Industry 4.0: What You Need to Know,” we discussed the four aspects of Industry 4.0: cyber-p
Responding to disasters is one of the most important activities that employees can be asked to grapple with.
Billions in federal spending to boost production of computer chips is an important step toward making the U.S. more competitive in the global marketplace. But it doesn’t guarantee that a manufacturing boom will follow, says Wharton expert Michael Cohen.
In a recent blog of mine about CEO challenges and opportunities in 2022, the
The ISO Foresight Trend Report highlights global trends across multiple industries that will shape strategic decision making for a better future.
When Wharton management professor Matthew Bidwell first came to the U.S. from England in the 1990s, he was struck by the dogged American work ethic.
A boss who overloads you with information may be frustrating, but one who leaves you in the dark may come off as uncaring.
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