Business in Action, 9th Ed.
Chapter 9: Production Systems
"But the struggle doesn't end with finding available warehouse space.
"For a company in Chesterfield, Mo.
According to Laura Cox (photo, left), "Augmented Reality (AR) dwelled quietly in the shadow of VR until earlier this year, when a certain app propelled it into the mainstream.
"No matter what anyone tells you, we’re not ready for the massive societal upheavals on the way.
Aytekin Tank (photo, left) is Founder of JotForm.
"The Wall Street Journal describes how marketing is becoming increasingly automated as a result of new technologies.
Geoff Colvin reports at Fortune.
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"The On-Demand Economy is revolutionizing commercial behavior in cities around the world," declares Mike Jaconi, contributor at BusinessInsider.
It must always be, "Hi, how are you today?

Check out this slide show of "19 iconic products that America doesn't make anymore.

Since Hewlett-Packard was founded in 1939, the company has been a technology pioneer and has developed a reputation for exceeding customer expectations by providing the most innovative technology products available.

You've read about Six Sigma in your text.

Supply chain management (SCM) is the combination of art and science that goes into improving the way your company finds the raw components it needs to make a product or service and deliver it to customers.

What is the business systems approach?

I was astonished to recently read about a technological development that I initially dismissed as an early April fool joke – the concept of 3D printing.

DONGGUAN, China — Companies here in China’s industrial heartland are toiling to reinvent their businesses, fearing that the low-cost manufacturing that helped propel the nation’s economic ascent is fast becoming obsolete.

Retailers have been flailing about a bit in their efforts to get people to shop again, deploying all sorts of gimmicks and promotions to spur customer spending.

Manufacturers are using a combination of technologies, processes and education to promote a new era of U.