Supply Chain Management
Castings - Part 1: An Introduction
Friday, August 6th, 2010Almost anything your mind can conceive of that requires a product to be cast or formed can be manufactured. We will save a discussion of plastics and other materials for later, but if your design requires a mold or die and a metal casting, you have many options. Your specific application will drive the material, [...]
Exploring ITAR
Thursday, February 25th, 2010U.S. companies that develop products and intellectual property (IP) with military and defense applications are not permitted to sell or export that technology outside of the U.S. It is obviously in the national interest to not provide our enemies or potential enemies with weapons or technology that can be used against us or our allies.
There [...]
Outsourcing or Offshoring?
Monday, February 1st, 2010This article is cross-posted in the Baselodge blog: http://baselodge.com/blog/2010/02/outsourcing-or-offshoring/
I recently read an article that incorrectly defined outsourcing as offshoring. It might be helpful to some readers to review these terms and their proper application.
Outsourcing is the use of resources outside of one’s own organization to accomplish a business need. These resources could be individuals or [...]