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Sourcing Strategies by Tom Russell

Tom Russell
Associate Editor

I’m Tom Russell and have worked at Furniture/Today since August 2003. Since then, I have had covered the international side of the business from a logistics and sourcing standpoint. Since then, I also have visited several furniture trade shows and manufacturing plants in Asia, which has helped me gain some perspective about the industry in that part of the world. As I continue covering the import side of the business, I look forward to building on that knowledge base through conversations with industry officials and future overseas plant tours overseas. From time to time, I will file news and other industry perspectives on-line and, as always, welcome your response to these Web postings. (to view or add public comments click on "Add your Comment" below each blog post)

Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Friedman's insights shed light on the future of the U.S. work force

Having grown up in Minneapolis in the 1950s, author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently recalled a familiar refrain during the evening meal: Finish what’s on your plate because there are millions of people starving in China and India.


Today Friedman communicates a slight variation of that message to his daughters: Finish your homework because people in India and China are starving for your job.


Friedman shared that insight during a presentation at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., on April 5. The lecture dealt with his bestselling book, “The World is Flat — A Brief History of the 21st Century.”


Friedman’s basic thesis in both the book and the lecture was that several key historical events and technological changes ...Read More

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