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• What’s Happening with Global Output?
• 6 days ago
• If you were at all searching for a good bellwether of what’s really going on in the global economy these days, all you need to do is trace down the various supply chains of key industries.  I myself tend to watch the petrochemical, chemical, and semiconductor sectors, since they are the first stop in the [...] ...

• Plans to Fix the U.S. Auto Industry
• 6 days ago
• A lot has been written and commented by the mainstream media and Internet bloggers relative to the impending crisis among the big three U.S. automotive companies (Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors) and their current pleas for government assistance.  There are lots of opinions relative to whether these companies should be allowed to either succumb to [...] ...

• Prescriptions for Difficult Times
• 10 days ago
• I don’t know about each of you, but if your inbox is similar to mine, you’re probably inundated with a vast array of marketing generated emails instilling all sorts of prescriptions for surviving what may well be a very protracted recessionary period in the U.S. and other countries.  Technology prescriptions come in many types, some [...] ...

• Boeing’s Supply Chain Challenges Continue Beyond the Work Stoppage
• 14 days ago
• Some good and not so good news on the Boeing front.  First is the good news. Boeing and its engineers announced on Friday that they have reached a tentative agreement to a new four year labor contract, the final hurdle in resolving the ongoing labor stoppage at Boeing.  Boeing can now move forward in resuming [...] ...

• A Perspective on China’s Business Culture
• 14 days ago
• I recommend my Supply Chain Matters readers to take-in a long but very insightful blog posting related to Chinese supplier business practices, penned by consultant David Dayton on his Silk Road International Blog.  This gutsy post is written primarily to Mr. Dayton’s China and Asia-based readers, and the theme is “don’t lie to foreigners, it’s [...] ...