Recent Articles

  • 5 safety tips for your warehouse

    Mandy Gardner Distribution & Warehousing

    ​Warehouse management is a multifaceted industry whose success relies on many different elements, such as leadership, management software, architecture and warehouse layout. To make sure that your warehouse is as safe and hazard-free as possible, you should implement a few different systems that will bolster the overall safety rating of your building.

  • Russia’s ambition for Sochi and the Winter Olympics

    Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & Automotive

    Russia's southern Black Sea resort city of Sochi is about to take the world stage with the Winter Olympics opening Feb. 6. Athletes and spectators will descend upon the city in the thousands, and it is hoped the two-week event will spark a revival in the region to throw off the post-Soviet image still being endured. But what of the challenges being faced in developing the required infrastructure to cope with such ambition?

  • How to manage risk in complex projects

    Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

    Some people say complex projects are not the same as other "ordinary" projects, and so they need to be managed differently. We need to develop flexibility and resilience at all levels in order to cope with the special risk challenges associated with complexity. When we consider the risk angle, there are three questions to answer: Are complex projects inherently different from other projects? Are complex projects exposed to different types of risk? Do these types of risk require managing differently?

  • 3 big issues facing disc golf in 2014

    Justin Weilacher Recreation & Leisure

    The year of 2013 witnessed big things for disc golf. Record numbers of new players are finding the sport. Record numbers of players are becoming members of the PDGA and playing in sanctioned events. There are more disc manufacturers, bag designers and retailers than ever before. There are also more opinions about how we should grow the sport. Here is an overview of three of the most pressing issues that disc golf faces to start 2014.

  • The Flying Circus: Dead whales don’t fly

    Garth Wallace

    COPA eFlight presents another weekly excerpt from "The Flying Circus," a fun book by Canadian aviation humorist and former COPA publisher Garth Wallace. "The Flying Circus" is a fictional account of the madcap escapades of two instructors who start their own flying school armed with loads of enthusiasm, but little business sense and no money.

  • Why 2014 is a good time to be in the lighting controls business

    Allan McHale Construction & Building Materials

    This is now the most exciting time for the lighting industry since the early 20th century. We are truly at an inflection point, and the forthcoming shakeout over the next five years will determine the winners and losers in the game — as well as who will be the lighting giants of the future. The impact of LED technology is providing vast opportunities to improve lighting products and controls and their efficiency. This has coincided with the mandated demand to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in buildings, thus creating this challenging opportunity.

  • Exciting technological advances in oncology

    Rosemary Sparacio Medical & Allied Healthcare

    The incidence of cancer is increasing in the U.S., fueled by 10,000 baby boomers reaching 65 each day. With that realization, it is estimated that there could be an increase in cancer diagnoses, by 67 percent between 2010 and 2030. The result of these alarming numbers is that oncology has been pushed to the forefront in the healthcare field. Fortunately, the technology and research to detect and treat various kinds of cancers has increased as well. Some of this technology is still in the early, yet promising stages.

  • Renovating and creating the ‘3rd space’ to boost business

    Bambi Majumdar Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

    From restaurants, coffee shops, bars and lounges to megahotel brands, everyone is focused on becoming a comfort zone for clients. It is now important to invest in changes that will increase business figures (in terms of occupancy and revenues) and also strategies that will enhance the reputation as well as strengthen the loyalty program. What better way to do this than by creating a comfortable "third space" that draws clients in time and again, enriches their lives and in the process increases their loyalty for the brand?

  • Flipped classrooms: A technology-driven teaching method

    Bambi Majumdar Education

    Flipped classrooms promise a more innovative and interesting mode of learning and teaching. Perhaps no other emerging technology has created such a stir in the education world as this one, leading to heated debates, a spate of analysis and studies, parent-teacher meetings and more administrative and expert involvement than ever before.

  • Introducing new hunters to the sport

    John McAdams Recreation & Leisure

    Training new hunters is an important task and one that all hunters should take seriously. Expanding our ranks by introducing family members and friends to hunting not only provides us an opportunity to enjoy something that we love with those who are important to us, but also helps to secure the future of the sport. More hunters means more money spent on licenses and hunting equipment, which means more money directed towards conservation efforts.