By 2016, the European Commission could be enforcing recently voted legislation that would make all mobile phone manufacturers agree to use a universal charger, combatable with all devices. Besides being…
John Pena
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John Pena
John contributed regularly to the Inventory and Supply Chain Optimization Blog from 8/2013 to 8/2014, covering the latest breaking news and trends in the supply chain industry. E-Mail: scblog@inform-software.com
The Earth’s climate has fluctuated throughout its history, long before mankind entered the picture. Certainly, however, the rise in overall global temperature in the twenty first century is nothing to…
Flowers are both an unusual and quaint thing: beautiful in scent and appearance but also fragile and ultimately quickly perishable. Yet they possess a timeless appeal. Going back as far…
- GeneralSupply Chain Management
Beyond Captain Phillips — how disruptive is maritime piracy to the supply chain?
by John Penaby John Pena“Listen up: we have been boarded by armed pirates. If they find you, remember, you know this ship; they don’t.
- Transparent Tuesday
Supply chain transparency: a burden or a blessing in disguise?
by John Penaby John PenaThis article is the latest installment of our Transparent Tuesday blog series Apple Inc., over the last few years, has been in the headlines consistently, and not always for the…
Friday the 31st of January 2014 marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year, leaving the year of the snake and entering the year of the horse. Perhaps you saw…
For some time, it has been apparent that rearing livestock as a food source to meet global demand is incredibly inefficient. It both depletes our resources and creates waste; the…
- GeneralSupply Chain Management
Disappearing tonewoods – finding the source of the problem
by John Penaby John PenaChances are you have seen a Gibson guitar; the brand is synonymous with rock. The Les Paul model alone
In Ridley Scott’s critically acclaimed sci-fi horror, Alien, the crew of the Nostromo, on the return leg of a successful ore-mining expedition, encounters the Xenomorph. The creature is as scary…
92 years after its first store opened, the once celebrated British entertainment retailer HMV, fell into administration. It is not the first, nor will likely be the last of many…