This is your Monday OM in the News roundup! Follow the links to recent posts from our faculty contributors. This week’s focus is on reducing waste and increasing efficiency. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and upgrade.
Steelcase Runs Circles Around Waste
An estimated 8.5 million tons of furniture waste goes to landfills annually. Furniture designer/manufacturer Steelcase helps companies re-purpose excess furniture, to enhance everyone’s triple bottom line. Read more…
Out with the Old, In with the Cloud
Despite its name, a supply chain is anything but linear. And Oracle suggests that legacy supply chains lack the agility needed to operate in today’s interconnected web of suppliers and customers. Read more…
Managing Inventory with Surgical Precision
Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) have untapped opportunities to reduce waste by better managing inventory. Observing how surgeons use inventory is one of the best ways to determine not just what to stock, but how much. Read more…
