Thought Leadership

Written by subject matter experts for Bay Area manufacturers.

Pandemic Meets Supply Chain: Tools, Threats and Thoughts

By Hannah Kain, ALOM

March 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