Venture Outsource talked with Douglas Colbeth, president, CEO and, chairman of the board with Kinaxis Corporation. Read what Mr. Colbeth says about a number of industry challenges and how his firm helps companies meet these challenges.

Iqbal Dar, Ph.D., senior director, operations engineering with Ciena Corporation speaks with VentureOutsource.com. Read what Dr. Dar says about evaluating contract manufacturing partners, and more...

Kurt Doelling, vice president supplier management and worldwide operations strategy with Sun Microsystems. talks with VentureOutsource.com.

"I admire people able to gather the smartest people around them and grow companies. One example is Li Ka Shing, a self-made entrepreneur able to boot-strap ..."

"Many ODM and EMS companies have integrated vertically into a number of technologies. Because of the capital and engineering constraints for decorative plastic enclosures..."

"The biggest complaint we hear from customers is they use a lot of their own resources to manage their EMS partners - even the big providers."

"...carrying excess parts inventory on the balance sheet ties up a company's capital. So today you will find companies more disciplined in supply-chain practices. Implementing systems like vendor managed inventory (VMI) through a broad ..."

"Celestica's lean efforts have provided benefits to OEMs, Celestica, and even the supply base - reducing costs and inventory and improving our customers' responsiveness. Other cost-reduction initiatives include low-cost manufacturing..."

"We have brilliant IBM researchers working on algorithms for supply chain optimization, we have access to the leading open standards-based software in WebSphere and DB2 and our experience with thousands of clients as a ..."

"A culture is built up over a very long time. I think we do have the culture you have described. Our operating executives all have the same view, presumably everyone hires in their own image and as long as the company works..."