Business Showcase

August 26, 2010 11:32 AM

The race is on to find alternative energy sources that are economical and green. WaterFurnace International vice president Bob Brown explains how one very natural source is fueling the company’s growth.

August 5, 2010 04:23 PM

Toyota is investing considerable resources in developing its South African supply chain. VP of Purchasing and Engineering Nigel Ward explains to Gay Sutton the value of collaborative supplier relations and Toyota’s philosophy of respect for people and mutual trust.

September 8, 2010 01:58 PM

San Francisco is the home of construction makeovers, and one contractor in particular, GCI General Contractors, has taken it to a fine art.

September 8, 2010 02:11 PM

Kennecott Eagle Minerals has been feeling its way through the tough new mining law and regulations enacted in the State of Michigan in 2004. General manager Jon Cherry talks about the challenges and why the new law will benefit the mining community.

September 8, 2010 02:19 PM

One of the largest privately owned national contract cleaners in Canada, providing top quality services to a wide variety of client.

September 8, 2010 02:22 PM

MFC Group is using new innovations in automation, cellular manufacturingand lean manufacturing to increase market share and customer satisfaction.

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Features

August 30, 2010 10:17 PM

What businesses actually want from their sales and operational planning, says Andrew Kinder of Infor, is the ability to explore ‘what if’ scenarios across the business quickly and accurately.

August 30, 2010 10:51 PM

Many corporations like to think they have best practice processes already in place. Are you really in the top 25 percent?

August 19, 2010 03:57 PM

Chris Moyer, EMEA chief technologist with HP Enterprise Services, outlines ways of ensuring that today’s innovation doesn’t become tomorrow’s legacy.

August 19, 2010 04:04 PM

The World Cup didn’t teach us anything we didn’t already know about the England team; but it will provide valuable lessons for CIOs and network managers, says Adrian Thirkill, global customer operations director, Easynet Global Services.

August 19, 2010 04:12 PM

It is tempting to think of supply chain risk in terms of a catastrophic and unpredictable event; but potential threats are often closer and more preventable than many people think, as Andrew Kinder explains.