In the fall of 2000 Agilent was faced with one of the steepest ramps in demand for test equipment ever encountered in the semiconductor industry. As markets heated up, unforeseen supply constraints pushed out standard component lead times by as many as 50 weeks, leading to expediting costs and gaps in supply that cut into both margins and revenue.
Risk, Compliance, Sustainability
Risk and compliance-related topics, including supply chain risk, supply chain security, regulatory and company policy compliance, ESG/sustainability
Risk Management in the Supply Chain:
Download this complimentary issue of Parallax View Magazine addressing Risk Management in the supply chain.
SmallSmartFast Organizations
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What Matters Most; Seventh Generation
Recently we talked to Jeffrey Hollender, CEO of Seventh Generation (an environmentally responsible producer of home products), and author of What Matters Most[1].
The Tiny Chip that will Change the World: SmallSmartFast and the Wal-MartSuppliers Meeting- 11/4/2003
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Adventure Capitalist; Investment Biker
Jim Rogers has become an internationally renowned personality. Guest Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Business, TV Financial New Commentator, co-founder of the Quantum Fund, and most notably his books on Investing, the most recent being, Adventure Capitalist, which he calls his Millennium Adventure. Reared in Alabama but living in NYC, Jim is a true universal thinker.