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As conventional warfare gives way to the era of the swarming, flexible, agile fighting force, big changes are in store for the battalions responsible for clothing, feeding and equipping the troops. Here's how the Pentagon is transforming a sluggish supply chain into a streamlined hypernetworked model for the digital age.
Promises of quick payback never fail to grab management's attention. But when it comes to selling your great idea, don't underestimate the power of the "soft" returns.
A scant three years ago, voice technology vendors questioned whether they'd be able to wean order pickers from their paper lists, keypads and touch screens. Now their biggest problem is keeping up with a double-digit surge in demand.
America's sclerotic transportation network is already creating delays and backups during peak shipping periods. So what will happen when the rising tide of low-cost Asian imports hits our shores?
Wal-Mart and Target undoubtedly use similar metrics to assess supply chain performance. But that's not to imply their metrics programs are interchangeable.
A sick worker is rarely a productive worker. Just because an employee can drag himself in to work doesn't mean he'll be able to muster the concentration to accomplish anything.
Some have begun to think of international "outsourcing" as synonymous with "offshoring," the controversial practice of shutting down U.S. factories or offices and sending the jobs overseas. And as a result, the mention of "outsourcing" today is greeted with the same enthusiasm generally reserved for the avian flu virus.
Science now has documented what most of us have long suspected—that e-mail, instant messaging and the like so distract us that they quite literally diminish intelligence.