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by Dave Blanchard Dec. 16, 2010

Dell Reinvents Its Supply Chain

It’s a good time to check back in with Dell, the company that pioneered the “direct model” for its personal computers back in the 1990s and in the....More
by Dave Blanchard Nov. 16, 2010

A Hall of Fame Career

Although Cleveland hasn't exactly distinguished itself as a city of sports championships (its last major title was in 1964), the entire Northeast....More
by Dave Blanchard Oct. 5, 2010

Are Traffic Jams Politically Motivated?

I've sat in my fair share of traffic jams in my life, and probably like most everybody else I blamed the weather, or all the clowns on the road....More
by Dave Blanchard Sep. 15, 2010

Harvard MBAs: Part of the Problem, or the Solution?

At any given moment, some economist somewhere is weighing in on the state of the economy, although just like Mark Twain said about the weather, for....More
by Dave Blanchard Aug. 5, 2010

A Job to Die For

Imagine a product so much in demand that people would literally kill themselves over it. While that's not exactly what's going on with the iPad and....More
by Dave Blanchard Jun. 16, 2010

Cheaper Than China?

The same market pressures that drove U.S. apparel companies to offshore their labor to China is now happening all over again, but this time in China....More
by Dave Blanchard Jun. 14, 2010

The Least Trustworthy Companies in the U.S.A.

A while back, while I was delivering my opening remarks to an audience of equipment manufacturers, I acknowledged the other speakers on the program....More
by Dave Blanchard May. 10, 2010

Obama Doesn't Think Much of the iPad

President Obama's cachet among the gadget-loving crowd took a hit over the weekend when he told an audience that not only doesn't he know how the....More
by Dave Blanchard Mar. 30, 2010

Supply Chain Superstar Headed to Jail

"Early last year they were calling him 'The $5 Billion Man' and wondering what he was going to do for an encore," begins an IW article from six years....More
by Dave Blanchard Feb. 24, 2010

The Ten Most Trusted Brands in the U.S.

Consumer research firm Millward Brown recently conducted a survey of the most trusted and recommended brands in the United States. Here's the list: 1....More
by Dave Blanchard Feb. 5, 2010

Suppliers Reject Zales' "Big Squeeze" Play

Consumer goods suppliers have complained for years about "the big squeeze," where they're at the mercy of their major retailer customers (the big-box....More
by Dave Blanchard Jan. 27, 2010

This Job Isn't As Easy As It Looks

Thanks to the general cultural malaise that has settled over what is generically referred to as "the media," the public's perception of what exactly....More
by Dave Blanchard Jan. 7, 2010

IndustryWeek Banned in Canada (sort of)

IndustryWeek magazine -- okay, and every other magazine that you can't actually buy at an airport newsstand or kiosk -- has been banned from flights....More
by Dave Blanchard Dec. 16, 2009

Video: Dreamliner Finally Lifts Off

After interminable delays, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner finally made its first test flight today. We've certainly written plenty about Boeing's supply....More
by Dave Blanchard Nov. 18, 2009

Manufacturing's Ground Zero

Detroit has long been a punchline-in-search-of-a-joke type of city, even for those like me who live in an equally cachet-challenged city like....More
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