The Supply Chain Notebook

Combination of company’s business processes, skills and motivation of its employees and ability to measure performance are in my view three most importance factors when talking about operational excellence. In my reengineering days when there was a need to understand how to resolve a specific business problem we always started from discovering the current business process in order to understand specific issues and improvement opportunities that stem from fixing these issues. A key component to quantifying the potential fix is ability to put real numbers behind both issues and solutions. There are companies out there today that offer a very interesting take on the measuring aspect. Oco Inc, a Waltham MA based company offers host of supply chain management related solutions bringing Software As A Service (SAAS) model into the supply chain world.

American enterprise was always fuelled by the inspiration, ideas and drive of small businesses that aspire to become successful. In 2009 with shrinking economy and banks seriously limiting  access to credit, small and midsize businesses suffered the most. Healthcare legislation created more confusion because many business waited to see what it will actually cost. The new 2011 budget presented today by the government pays close attention to these matters and rightly so. But does it do enough?