10 Questions for Eric 1. How long have you been at Profit Point and why did you choose to work here? I Started at Profit Point on March 1st of this year. 2. Where do you live and why did you choose that place? South Carolina… My first job out of college brought me to …
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With a lot of the world moving to working from home we thought we would take this time to share some tips from the Profit Point team. For the past 25 years, since our founding, Profit Point has always had a remote work from home culture. We narrowed our list down to the top 8 …
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Giving Back to the Communities We Live and Work In This has always been part of our mission statement here at Profit Point. We are living in an uncertain time right now, and we are all shifting our behavior. One thing that has been inspiring to me is how much we are becoming a global …
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Disruptions in Multiple Supply Chains Are Happening Now “Reports on how the Covid-19 outbreak is affecting supply chains and disrupting manufacturing operations around the world are increasing daily. But the worst is yet to come.” by Pierre Haren and David Simchi-Levi.” Harvard Business Review, February 28, 2020 “Analysis has shown that for most companies, the …
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It’s no surprise that with supply chains becoming increasingly complex with each passing day, that an agile supply chain is quickly growing in popularity.
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Celebrating Twenty-five Years of Business
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Why should I be designing my supply chain network? You’re patting yourself on the back. You’ve sorted through the Marine Shipping chaos. In the face of volatile Marine Transportation rates, you’ve managed to negotiate great prices to transport your North American produced bulk liquid via tank containers to ten Pacific region countries. The contracts are …
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The other day I stopped at a Chinese restaurant I had not visited in a while, and the owner asked where I had been. Trying to provide her usable consumer feedback, I informed her that I stopped visiting her establishment when they discontinued the buffet, and I had been frequenting a competitor. The owner informed …
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Ted Schaefer is Retiring After Twelve Amazing Years at Profit Point. It’s December 31, 2019, the eve of a new decade and the eve of a new chapter in my life. Tomorrow will be the first day of my retirement after 39 and ½ years. It has been a nice ride, and I have been …
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How Artificial Intelligence uses Pervasive Computing with Hearables and Wearables Pervasive computing, also called ubiquitous computing, is the growing trend of embedding computational capability (generally in the form of microprocessors) into everyday objects to make them effectively communicate and perform useful tasks in a way that minimizes the end user’s need to interact with computers …
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Artificial Intelligence is frequently (though not always) better at decision-making than humans. In some areas, we might expect this. For example, AI will suggest the fastest route on a map, accounting for traffic and distance, while we as humans would be prone to taking our tried-and-true route. But some less-expected areas where AI is better …
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I recently attended a webinar about a new web technology from Microsoft called Blazor. When it comes to web development, there is no shortage of tools, libraries, and frameworks. So what differentiates Blazor from any other technology currently out there? In a nutshell, Blazor allows developers to run native C# code directly in the browser. …
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