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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.

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Will the New Tax Bill Bring Overseas Profits Back Home?

Supply Chain Brain

Passage of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 allowed U.S. Van Gundy believes the corporate landscape is different from what it was in the early 2000s and during the Great Recession of 2007-2008. In theory, the money could be put to work building new factories, increasing output and hiring more American workers.