A $2,300 Apple iPhone? It sounds outrageous in 2025. Yet it’s quite possible. Like many US companies manufacturing in China, in-house or outsourced, “Apple has a tough choice: absorb the extra [new tariffs] expense or pass it on to customers,” as this Reuters article...
Grrr … argh! I could feel a slight annoyance welling up. Maybe it was because I needed another coffee to really get in my groove for the day. Or perhaps it was due to the lingering peevishness I still carried from the earlier conversation with my mistress, when she...
“Every company should have received the memo that supply chain needs a seat at the table.” Especially as regards the sustainability or ESG (environment, social and governance) agenda. I smiled to myself in a conflicting mix of delight and disdain as I read the words...
Poor Boeing. Last year was an annus horribilis for the aircraft manufacturer, with the company making headlines for all the wrong reasons. I sympathize with the employees. I know from personal experience how awful it can be when a business is facing tough times like...
My interview with AS Äripäev, ahead of my forthcoming keynote speech on supply chain risks at their Pärnu Supply Chain Conference in Estonia. ### Interview by Harro Puusild. Ineffectiveness is by far the most dangerous ailment that detracts from our work success, says...
On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, I posted this short piece on LinkedIn: ### China may be trying to rewrite history by attempting to obliterate all traces of the Tiananmen Square event. But history itself teaches us that truth has an annoying habit...
