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The Electronics Supply Chain Can Thrive in the Circular Economy
(Part 1 of 3) By Pamela J. Gordon, Technology Forecasters Inc. CEO and Antea Group Senior Consultant One of my happiest moments on the job since joining TFI’s services with those of Antea Group, a...
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How to Make Money in Plastics Recycling
by Pamela J. Gordon, CEO at Technology Forecasters Inc. and Senior Consultant at Antea Group The device on which you are reading this blog (or on which you printed it) likely contains plastic, in...
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West Coast Port Headaches: Your Contingency Plan?
Port of Oakland, California. Photo by Jonathan GilbertBy Jonathan Gilbert, TFI Senior Logistics Consultant Contingency Planning in the Supply Chain — Are You Prepared? Labor issues at Long Beach and...
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Klafter and Gordon on Climate Change Solutions in the Electronics Supply Chain
by Pamela J. Gordon, CEO, Technology Forecasters Inc. This week Flex VP Corporate Social & Environmental Responsibility Bruce Klafter and I co-presented on EBN’s webinar “Climate Change Mitigation:...
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In the Competition for Best Sustainability Practices, Tech Plays a Key Role
The Jadraas 200MW wind farm in Sweden. Credit: Ariseby Pamela J. Gordon With the potentially pivotal UN Climate Change Conference just weeks away, I’m seeing more and more governments — large and small...
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Apple’s USA Manufacturing Move: Sentimental or Serious?
by Pamela J. Gordon, TFI Founder and President Apple Inc.’s plans to manufacture Mac computers in the USA is a step in the right direction. See last Friday’s Bloomberg article. Is this move a tip of...
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Cheaper Electronics Manufacturing: Mexico or Israel?
By Pamela J. Gordon, TFI Founder and President Last week TFI held a Think Tank on Supply Chain event near Tel Aviv, followed by a Design for Environment (DfE) training — hosted by ILTAM. One of the...
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IPC’s APEX EXPO Event: What would you tell your CEO?
Pamela J. Gordon will give the Keynote at IPC's APEX EXPO CEO Platinum event by Pamela J. Gordon, TFI President and Founder If you had an hour-long audience with your company’s CEO, what would you most...
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Supply-chain & Sustainability Insight for 2013: What We’re Reading (III)
TFI’s third published reading list was inspired by Superstorm Sandy. The disastrous 2012 storm was a clear reminder that global products’ supply chains and customers are at the mercy of increasing...
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APEX Executives Say: “Prepare for Disasters Cooperatively”
By Pamela J. Gordon, Founder and President of Technology Forecasters Inc. IPC’s new President and CEO John Mitchell had a specific goal in mind when he invited me to conduct a brief version of TFI’s...
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Vertical Integration – Bucking the Trend or the New Trend?
by Pamela Wiseman, TFI Sr. Supply Chain Consultant GE Aviation recently made news with its acquisition of a key supplier, Avio, for US$4.3B. Their move is notable because it’s in marked contrast to...
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Creative Convincing for Corporate Change
TFI’s blog occasionally features stories about sustainability champions in various industries, especially in the tech industry. This post profiles Chief Sustainability Officer Cristina Amorim of Life...
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Supply-Chain Rescue: Heap of Off-Spec Assemblies
Why are these defects piling up?Supply-chain managers can underestimate how valuable they are. Solutions to many sticky situations are obvious to them because of their expertise and perspectives, while...
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Who Cares About Local, Resource-Efficient Electronics Manufacturing?
Touring Digicom's electronics-manufacturing floor during the Sustainable Business Alliance event on local, responsible electronics manufacturing By Pamela J. Gordon On Tuesday evening in Oakland,...
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Sustainability Skeptics + Enthusiasts = ‘Lean and Green’ Savings
By Pamela J. Gordon In a recent study, the UN Global Impact, 93% of the 1,000 CEOs in 27 industries surveyed see sustainability as important to the future success of their business. Yet, only 33%...
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Outsmarting Waste in Electronics
by Pamela J. Gordon If you visited the seashore this summer, as I did, you might not have glimpsed any of the enormous ocean patches of garbage — one of which is a tangled mess of plastics and other...
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A Welcome and Honest New Book on Outsourcing the Supply Chain
Professor Andy A. Tsay, author of Designing and Controlling the Outsourced Supply ChainBlog Post by Pamela J. Gordon TFI’s long-time colleague Professor Andy Tsay (chair of the Operations Management...
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Headphone Packaging Misses the DfE Boat
This hard-plastic, complex case for EarPods™ can be improved through DfE principles.by Pamela J. Gordon, CEO of Technology Forecasters Inc. I bought the new Apple® iPhone® 6 Plus to “dematerialize”...
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Collaborative Logistics: Creative solution for global supply chains
Use cargo ships more cost effectively and environmentally efficiently with Collaborative Logisticsby Jonathan Gilbert, TFI Logistics Consultant Tight trucking capacity, volatile rates, and continuing...
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Regional Manufacturing: from Philosophy to Practice
Craig Carlson, Outerwall(Third in TFI’s “Supply-Chain Rescue” series) An interview with Craig Carlson, Director, Commodity Management & Contract Manufacturing, at TFI client Outerwall by Pamela J....
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