Dave Blanchard

Senior Editor
IndustryWeek

 

Focus: Finance & Supply Chain

Email: dblanchard@industryweek.com

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Contributing Editor Dave Blanchard provides the IndustryWeek audience his expertise in lean supply chain, reporting on topics from logistics, procurement and inventory management to warehousing and distribution. He also specializes in business finance news and analysis, writing on such topics as corporate finance and tax, cost management, governance, risk and compliance, and budgeting and reporting.

Dave is also the chief editor of Penton Media’s Business Finance and editorial director of Material Handling & Logistics.

With over 25 years of experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2010), and is a frequent speaker at industry events. Dave is an award-winning journalist and has been twice named one of the nation’s top columnists by the American Society of Business Publications Editors.

Dave received his B.A. in English from Northern Illinois University, and was a high school teacher prior to his joining the publishing industry. He is married and has two daughters.

Articles by Dave Blanchard
supply chain logistics partner scorecard
Supply Chain & Logistics: Are Your Logistics Partners Making the Grade?
As outsourced logistics grows in popularity, manufacturers are using scorecards to monitor their 3PLs' performance.
manufacturing revenue growth
Finance: CFOs Are More Optimistic and Growth-Oriented in 2013… So Far
Manufacturing executives, especially those tasked with managing the financial end of the operation, are always looking for positive signs in the marketplace. While it's too soon to conclude that 2013 will be everything manufacturers have been hoping for, here's a good news/bad news/best news scenario.
Quicker Access to Cash... at a Price
Supply chain finance (SCF) is a term of recent coinage that refers to a specific set of tasks within the financial supply chain.
the financial supply chain
Managing the Financial Supply Chain
Manufacturers devote considerable time and resources to managing their physical supply chain, but often it's their financial supply chain that needs the most attention.
mobile financial planning
Finance: Financial Planning is Going Mobile
Big Data is proving to be both a boon and a curse to manufacturers -- a boon because companies have access to more information, and a curse because the large quantity of that information often makes it nearly impossible to distinguish between essential data and sheer noise.
reduce supply chain shipping costs
Supply Chain & Logistics: Best Practices for Global Shipping Compliance
For manufacturers, managing a global supply chain often begins (and sometimes ends) with complying with 600 or more different laws and regulations that go into effect when goods move from one country to another.
Global Macrotrends and their Impact on Supply Chain Management book
Supply Chain & Logistics: Switching Channels Offers a Better Way of Managing Returns
An effective returns management process is required to efficiently collect used and recyclable materials for subsequent lifecycles. Unfortunately, the economics of future material flows will be highly inconsistent with those found in the forward deployment of product.
reverse supply chain logistics
Supply Chain & Logistics: Manufacturers Look for a Better Return on Returns
The push for sustainability has had a dramatic effect on reverse logistics services. Once considered a fringe activity, reverse logistics (also known as returns management) has in recent years become a key element in manufacturers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives since it encompasses the 4 R's of the green movement: reduce, reuse, recycle and recover.
What makes a good CFO
Finance: The Survey Says: What Makes a Good CFO?
Managing the financial operations of a company is an extremely detailed task, and based on a recent survey of CFOs conducted by Pearson Partners International and the University of Texas at Dallas, the CFO's most important role is company strategy
Supply Chain and Logistics: Transportation Rate Hikes to Be as Modest as Economic Recovery 1
Transportation management is a delicate balancing act to manage exactly when materials and supplies should arrive at the plant, as well as shipping out products to other plants, distributors and end-users. A common tactic is a modal shift: moving freight from one transportation mode to a less expensive mode. The tradeoff, of course, is that the cheaper the mode, the longer the in-transit time.
flawed corporate tax system
Finance: For Manufacturers, 2013 Will Be a Taxing Situation 1
It's difficult to find near unanimity on any business topic, but when asked if the U.S. corporate tax system is flawed and in need of reform, 95% of those polled by audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG said, "yes."
Is Your Risk Management Program Itself a Source of Risk? 1
Nearly half of senior executives say their supply chain risk management programs are insufficient or ineffective.
supply chain risk management
Supply Chain and Logistics: Failure to Vet Your Supply Chain Partners Is a Risky Business
When it comes to risk management, the supply chain cash cycle begins with a sale, i.e., when the customer signs a purchase order, explains Christopher Smith, vice president for finance and administration with SAIC, a provider of scientific, engineering, and technology applications.
CFOs are game changers
Finance: CFOs Can Become Game Changers if Given Half a Chance
Here's some not-so-cheerful news to begin the new year: There will be more pressure on the role of the chief financial officer in 2013 than ever before.
Tech-savvy CFOs in high demand
Finance: Corporate Boards Are Looking for a Few Good CFOs
Tech-savvy CFOs with a broad range of talents are in great demand for board-of-director positions.

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