Not leaders. Not managers. Not business executives. We have plenty of leaders, both real and wannabes. Managers and executives too; we have enough. We need supply chain engineers. The global supply chain is a present-day 21st-century reality. We get much of our goods from all over the world. We buy shoes from Europe to sellContinue reading “The World Needs Supply Chain Engineers”
Author Archives: Ellery
Where are the Supply Chain Experts?
Supply chain managers are noticeably invisible amid the COVID-19 crisis. There have been no supply chain executives standing beside national leaders as they made speeches and announcements. There have been rarely any interviews with supply chain experts about how to deal with shortages of food and difficulties in transportation. If there were, much of whateverContinue reading “Where are the Supply Chain Experts?”
We Need a Playbook and It’s the Last Thing We Need
Many enterprises and countries around the world have playbooks to deal with pandemics such as COVID-19. These range from ISO standards and those based on the United States’ Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Center of Disease Control & Prevention, and even the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USARMIID). But asContinue reading “We Need a Playbook and It’s the Last Thing We Need”
Why Weren’t We Ready for COVID-19 and How Should We Have Been?
The COVID-19 disease is the latest adversity to hit our world and it’s the worst yet. It also should be the last in how we deal with adversity because how we’ve been dealing with adversity has just been outright awful. COVID-19 started late December 2019 in China and had spread around the world threeContinue reading “Why Weren’t We Ready for COVID-19 and How Should We Have Been?”
Regular Customers Are Our Geese That Lay Our Golden Eggs
My tenant asked that I don’t increase his rent this year and at the same time requested a month’s delay in paying it. He’s been having problems with his business so if I would please consider. At first, I didn’t like to agree. Finally, I did. My tenant had been a regular on-time payor andContinue reading “Regular Customers Are Our Geese That Lay Our Golden Eggs”
Dealing With Peer Pressure
A former high school classmate invited me to a Sunday get-together with other alumni. When I replied I may have other plans with my family, he begged me to cancel them. He urged I attend for the sake of our high school class. My family would understand. This is peer pressure. It’s what happens whenContinue reading “Dealing With Peer Pressure”
How NOT to Manage a Crisis
My manager apologized for coming in late for the meeting. She came from her home at Marikina but got stuck in traffic because she couldn’t use the LRT-2 commuter train. The LRT-2 station nearest to her home has been closed since October when two (2) rectifier transformers tripped and caused a fire. (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/four-4-starting-points-getting-reliability-you-want-ellery-samuel-lim/) The LightContinue reading “How NOT to Manage a Crisis”
Making Better Decisions in an Opportune and Adverse World
Have you had those times when you felt you made the wrong decision for your enterprise? For myself, countless times. If only I did this, if only I did that. I would have been richer. I would have had a better life. I’d have been happier. Etcetera, etcetera. Making wrong decisions is a part ofContinue reading “Making Better Decisions in an Opportune and Adverse World”
Why Enterprises Lose Customers to Piracy and The Simple Strategy to Stop It
Just the other day, I tried to download a free episode of a new science fiction television series that streaming services were offering on their websites. Instead, I was greeted with a message: “Isn’t Available In The Country or Region You’re Currently In.” It turned out that the free episode is only available in selectedContinue reading “Why Enterprises Lose Customers to Piracy and The Simple Strategy to Stop It”
How to Avoid the Aggravation of Un-Available Items
If there’s one thing that ruins the productivity of your day, it’s when a needed item isn’t available. A wonderfully designed business may have skilled workers, state-of-the-art machinery, and a talented management team. But the business yields nothing if the needed items to run it aren’t there. Managers deal with challenges such as absent workers,Continue reading “How to Avoid the Aggravation of Un-Available Items”
Ellery's Essays 