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The innovation BOM: bringing order to conceptual design

When you’re coming up with ideas early in the design process, where do you record them? I’m guessing emails, spreadsheets, and notepads. Maybe you even store those ideas in your own head. You see, when you’re innovating, it’s important to have flexibility….

Is there a right time to buy ERP?

We’ve all heard the saying before—timing is everything. But what about when buying an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution? Is there a right time to buy, and how much is at stake if you wait too long? ERP is a powerful tool for two key business objectives—syncing up the…

What to control in manufacturing outsourcing

What to control in manufacturing outsourcing

Bijan is a senior consultant and co-founder of Symphony Consulting, a management consulting firm located in Sunnyvale, California that specializes in sourcing, procurement and supply chain management. This article originally appeared in the Symphony quarterly newsletter. Hope is not a strategy. Yet when it comes to important…