Thought Leadership Written by subject matter experts for Bay Area manufacturers. Pandemic Meets Supply Chain: Tools, Threats and Thoughts By Hannah Kain, ALOMMarch 2020 Solving the Manufacturing Dilemma By Zeydi Gutierrez, AB&I Foundry March 2020 B Corp Certification from an Owner’s Perspective By John Sensiba, Sensiba San Filippo March 2020 Factories of the Future: Keeping up with the Technology Trends By Randy Lagomarsino, City National Bank March 2020 Value Stream Mapping (VSM) Principles for Leaders By Walt Tarpley, Manex Consulting March 2020 How Corporate Innovation Fails By Jeff Eyet, Berkeley Innovation Group October 2019 What Happens When You Decide To Leave China? By Rosemary Coates, Reshoring Institute May 2019 Join the Global Movement of People Using Business as a Force for Good By B Lab, San Francisco May 2019 Tax Deductions for Business Vehicles By Bill Abel, Sensiba San Filippo March 2019 Trade Wars Put U.S. Small Business on the Front Line By Hannah Kain, ALOM March 2019 What the New Lease Standard Means for the Food and Beverage Industry By Karen J. Burns, Sensiba San Filippo December 2018 GDPR: A New Data Breach Regulation By Mark Davidson & Pete Picetti, Heffernan Insurance Brokers August 2018 Robots, Cobots and Human Labor By Craig Tomita, Universal Robots May 2018 Direct vs. Indirect Distribution By Jarrett Warner, Sensiba San Filippo May 2018 Protectors of the Brand By Hannah Kain, ALOM May 2018 3 Reasons to Go Lean Today By Bill Browne, Manex May 2018