Ideas Made to Matter Supply Chain

Supply chain resilience amid steady disruption

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Supply chain irregularities are the new normal. To stay prepared, invest in relationships and reconsider just-in-time strategies.

Apr 28, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Risk Management

2 ways multinational firms are adapting to localization

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Multinational firms are grappling with new trade restrictions and protectionist measures. Researchers suggest two ways to adapt while continuing to innovate.

Mar 1, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Robots

How smaller firms can integrate collaborative robots

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Integrating robots into a manufacturing system is often prohibitively expensive. A new approach could change that.

Aug 24, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Productivity

How to find and fix hidden factories

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An ever-growing list of workarounds is weighing on your productivity and profits. Time to get your systems in order.

Aug 23, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Supply Chain

Post-pandemic, supply chains retool for a new (ab)normal

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Supply chain guru Yossi Sheffi identifies post-COVID-19 trends, including blockchain, robotic process automation, IoT, dark stores, and “China plus one.”

Mar 23, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Manufacturing

How the future will shift at large manufacturing firms

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A new research brief from MIT examines what digital innovation means for workers, training, and strategy at U.S. firms.

Feb 22, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Future of Work

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella preps for work of the future

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks about artificial intelligence, how technology can democratize expertise, and the perils of remote work in an attention economy.

Nov 24, 2020
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Ideas Made to Matter Manufacturing

How data fuels the move to smart manufacturing

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The marriage of industrial data, artificial intelligence, and the industrial internet of things promises a new era of flexible product design.

Aug 11, 2020
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Ideas Made to Matter Robots

Measuring the actual impact of robots on jobs

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Industrial robots do reduce jobs and wages — especially for workers in the automotive industry and certain parts of the country.

Jul 29, 2020
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Ideas Made to Matter Supply Chain

The future of supply chains — and the China dilemma

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Supply chain restructuring has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. But don’t expect companies to completely abandon China.

Jul 22, 2020
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