Providing strategic advice and market insights for optimizing manufacturing relationships and achieving profitable environmental strategies to clients in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia since 1987.White Papers and Presentations
Click on the links below to see a sample of both recent and classic Technology Forecasters white papers and presentations produced by TFI Consultants.
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TFI Supply Chain
Strategies for the Coming 10 Years of Global Electronics Manufacturing
by Pamela J. Gordon, TFI
On Nov. 15, 2011, Pam presented on a webinar facilitated by Barbara Jorgensen of EBN on “The Future of the Supply Chain: How to Remain Relevant in a Changing and Interconnected World.”
Design with Efficiency: Toward a Streamlined Process for Electronics-Industry Design Engineers
by Pamela J. Gordon, TFI
The electronics industry’s key focus in the past decade has been on the supply chain: globalizing it, reducing its costs and risk, optimizing it, and auditing it for ethical conduct. As important as these issues are, this intense focus on suppliers has overshadowed perhaps the most important determinant of a successful supply chain: the design phase.
Contract Electronic Manufacturers with Staying Power: How three small-to-medium-sized companies have achieved lasting success in this tough, dynamic industry
by Pamela J. Gordon, TFI
Metrics, Chaos, and Relationships in Electronics Manufacturing Outsourcing
by Matt Chanoff, TFI
TFI Environment
Design for Environment (DfE): Steps to Sustainable Product Development
By Pamela J. Gordon, with contributor Ben Marshall
TFI’s White Paper on Design for Environment (DfE) covers everything from how DfE can increase product reliability, to Lifecycle Analyses (LCAs), DfE and Plastics, and creating a corporate DfE roadmap.
Practical Experience of Getting Corporate Executives to Support Sweeping Sustainability Initiatives
By Pamela J. Gordon, TFI and Rajat Srivastava, Vice President, Blue Coat Systems Inc.
TFI’s informative presentation with Blue Coat Systems, Inc. to the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable on engaging executives in corporate sustainability.
EMS and ODM Vital Roles in Customers’ Sustainability Roadmaps: How to create competitive advantage and increase customer loyalty
By Pamela J. Gordon, TFI
TFI’s Keynote Presentation on the 30-year migration of the supply chain from OEMs to Contract Manufacturers and its impact on the OEM’s sustainability plans at the May 2011 International Electronics Recycling Conference and Expo (IERCE) in Las Vegas, NV.
Comparisons of e-Stewards and R2: Insights on business and environmental benefits
By Pamela J. Gordon, with contributors Barbara Kyle and Kim Holmes
TFI’s latest White Paper explores how two different certifications, e-Stewards and R2, are lending credibility to the e-waste recycling industry.
Best Practices for the New Wave of Tech Companies Certifying to ISO 14001
This TFI White Paper notes a second wave of certifications to ISO 14001 (for Environmental Management Systems), with numerous company examples. The central case study is of Blue Coat Systems, which is exemplary of best practices during this second wave.
Collective Green Wisdom: Environmental initiatives evoke unprecedented power of multifunctional collaboration
A TFI White Paper predicts a brand new organizational structure for high-tech companies, based on Lean and Green principles.
