For as long as the academic world seeks to instruct the business world via the fruits of its research activity, it is essential that the DNA of the former evolves in a similar direction to the latter...
For years it has been the lot of production planning departments to bear the brunt of orders that will have everyone running on a tight schedule...
It is no great secret why firms choose to form alliances, on an interim or long-term basis. Financial, commercial and technological gains are waiting to be made, provided that the focal firm and its partners work well in tandem and resources are pooled together...
The globalisation of business and the resultant opening of trade borders has had so many positive repercussions the list is probably endless...
