Dave Blanchard

Senior Editor, IndustryWeek

Focus: Finance & Supply Chain

Email: dblanchard@industryweek.com

Follow on Twitter @supplychainDave

Call: 216-931-9794

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.

Posts by Dave Blanchard

in Chain Reactions Feb. 21, 2012

Apple Is Turning into Walmart

On the surface, Apple Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. don't seem to have much in common, beyond the fact that both companies are category-killers in....More
in Chain Reactions Jan. 31, 2012

Are Plant Managers Obsolete?

As scientific polls go, this one doesn’t even register since it’s basically just one of those “here’s what we think will happen” thinkpieces designed....More
in Chain Reactions Jan. 13, 2012

Strong Yen Makes the U.S. a Low-Cost Country for Toyota

What do you call it when a foreign company manufactures products in the United States for the U.S. market, and then decides to also start selling....More
in Chain Reactions Dec. 5, 2011

Nokia, We Hardly Knew Ye

Those of you who are fans of historical fiction might appreciate the opening paragraph of a story I'm working on. It's not actually historical....More
in Chain Reactions Nov. 11, 2011

Behind the Scenes of McDonald's Hot and Saucy Supply Chain

There are three topics that people should never discuss (unless, of course, you have a blog and want to generate as lively a debate as possible):....More
in Chain Reactions Oct. 13, 2011

The Most Overrated Jobs in America

It looks like those "Occupy America" protesters have it all wrong. Just about every big city in the United States has a group of apparently randomly....More
in Chain Reactions Sep. 21, 2011

Green Movement Turns Pale at Apple's Non-Responsiveness

Apple Inc., considered by some to have the world's top supply chain, is also titleholder of a somewhat more dubious distinction that of the world's....More
in Chain Reactions Aug. 26, 2011

The Happiest -- and Deadliest -- Place on Earth

Thanks no doubt to the presence of about a gazillion theme parks, strip malls and fast-food restaurants, Orlando, Florida, is often cited (at least....More
in Chain Reactions Aug. 16, 2011

Folgers Faces a Supply Chain Wake-Up Call

"The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup" goes the advertising jingle, but Folgers executives are facing a wake-up call of their own from....More
in Chain Reactions Jul. 26, 2011

Making It Here, Shipping It There

It's not exactly the nirvana of nearshoring people are hoping for, but it's a start: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that some multinational U.S....More
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