The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 21, 2021

She started her career at Strive Logistics in 2005 and, being the 12th employee, saw an opportunity to make an impact at a young company. Scenario #3 – Lose a key member of your team, especially if that person is influential within the company and with customers. Scenario #3 – You have a surge in customer demand.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Back in 2005, when Cyber Monday was first introduced, the digital path to purchase was a lightly trodden offshoot of the traditional consumer journey. 1] The term made its debut in a 28 November 2005 Shop.org press release entitled “‘Cyber Monday’ Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year.” ”[3].

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2014

One of the early pioneers of software-as-a-service (SaaS) transportation management systems (TMS) was Nistevo, which was acquired by Sterling Commerce in May 2006 (Sterling Commerce had become an AT&T company in late 2005). Song of the Week: “Ana Ng” by They Might Be Giants.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

APRIL 30, 2020

Back in 2005, the Tyler Texas Area Builders Association built a large home from the ground up in less than 3 hours. At the time, it set a record. Here's the video. It was a promotional effort to publicize the Association, but the overarching message was the importance of planning.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

APRIL 30, 2020

Back in 2005, the Tyler Texas Area Builders Association built a large home from the ground up in less than 3 hours. At the time, it set a record. Here's the video. It was a promotional effort to publicize the Association, but the overarching message was the importance of planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

I share a client example in Figure 3. Only 1/3 of companies today have “what-if analysis capabilities.) In the period of 1998-2005, there was an infatuation with the CPFR process. Today, there is more emphasis above the line, but in companies that do S&OP well, there is focus both above and below the line. Alignment Gaps.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2022

3] By his account, in 2005 end-to-end visibility was impossible. 3] David Blonski, “ The Biggest Opportunity for Supply Chain Visibility, Part 1 ,” Elementum Blog, 17 November 2021. [4] He explains, “With better technology and a supportive ecosystem, we’ve seen a rapid acceleration in the adoption of supply chain visibility.”[3]

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Enterra Insights

MAY 5, 2022

Their influence has been so powerful during the last decades that in 2005 the U.S. ”[3]. 1] Staff, “ Let’s taco ‘bout trade on Cinco de Mayo ,” National Retail Federation, 3 May 2019. [2] 3] Editors, “ Cinco de Mayo ,” History.com, 14 March 2022. [4] Footnotes. [1]

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

The company has been on a supply chain transformation journey since 2005. It might be that a component supplied by a Tier 2 or 3 supplier becomes unavailable and makes it impossible to build certain core products. This model, and the spend, encompasses spend down to Tier 3 suppliers. A Transformation Journey.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 3, 2022

Almost 40 years ago, Cambodia experienced the second largest human genocide in history and nearly 3 million people were tortured and brutally killed. Before the primary school was built in 2005, there was no school or educational establishment in that area.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

That Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) process you implemented in 2005 may not be in the same condition as it was when Enchange left the building. Can you see where I am going yet? Furthermore, that original design may not be wholly fit for purpose! Are the KPI’s still relevant for the stage and state of the current business?

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Supply Chain Opz

MARCH 14, 2015

3) Track alliance progress: when a company needs to make an investment in certain resources, they tend to focus on a financial goal or a return of investment. Alliance should be formed based on the mutual interests, benefits or common goals, not just because your competitors has formed the alliances with someone else.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2018

That is the most unbalanced market since October 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, and is up from a roughly 4-to-1 ratio at the end of 2016…The cost to hire the most common type of big rig shot to $2.11 30, a 3½-year high, DAT said.”. per mile, including a fuel surcharge, in the week ended Dec.

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Supply Chains Rock

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

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Kinaxis

JUNE 1, 2016

1999-2005 – Carly Fiorina. 2005-2010 – Mark Hurd. I am predicting that H&M will rise up into the Top 3 for 2017. If you take out the new CSR ranking from 2016, your Top 25 rankings would be: Actual 2016 Rank. Without CSR Rank. Wehlage Bold Predictions. McDonald’s. McDonald’s. McDonald’s.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

In the article named " Supply Chain Alliances, Rhetoric and Reality " by Fawcett et al 2005, alliances can be classified as below, 1) Transactional Relationship or Arms Length Relationship (no formal relationship). 3) Operational Alliance (constant communication about capacity and demand/supply issues).

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Strategic planning–often for 3-5 years out–creates the initiatives to realize the vision (the What) as well as to promote the values and behaviors to display (the How). Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has admitted that too much automation was slowing down Tesla’s Model 3 production (Allen, 2018). Deloitte Review, Issue 21 [link].

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Supply Chains Rock

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Here is a little parting gift for Gary from a photo shoot for a trade magazine back in 2005. August (3). February (3). October (3). February (3). October (3). August (3). December (3). September (3). August (3). Good Luck Gary. Christopher Sciacca. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 7, 2021

Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation? It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management! LTCM crisis. Glass-Steagall repealed. Tech bubble burst. Bush tax cut, 9/11 attacks.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

With a global apparel market valued at $3 trillion, the Center for Centre for Environment and Sustainability, at the University of Surrey, looked into whether workers are earning a livable wage. They analyzed garment industry wages in 2005 in the BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 9, 2020

Patrick Van Hull ( @PatrickVanHull1 ), a thought leader in the Kinaxis Strategy Office, points out, “In July 2005, epidemiologist Dr. Michael T. 3] Those dimensions are: 1. 3] Brent Moritz, “ Supply chain disruptions and Covid-19 ,” Modern Materials Handling , 19 May 2020. ” 2. . Demand vs. supply.

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SupplyPike

JULY 8, 2020

3 Pros of Selling on Walmart. Payoneer was founded in New York City in 2005 and has expanded to 21 global offices with 1,500 worldwide employees. 3 Cons of Selling on Walmart. The factors that determine your success on Walmart Marketplace are your brand, products, and above everything else, your prices. Small Investment.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 5, 2015

However, the majority of Lenovo''s supply chain case studies focus on the use of information system and the benefits of the acquisition of IBM’s PC business in 2005. 3) Clarify Corporate Culture: they believe corporate culture should be something actionable, not just a vague documentation.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Bloomberg , it its reporting indicated that this was the first time the company had missed analyst holiday sales projections since 2005. The compensation will consist of a base salary of $3 million, an incentive bonus of $6 million, and $40 million of the company’s stock. Wall Street estimates were for revenues amounting to $121.1

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2017

In Figure 3, the orbit chart is on inventory turns and operating margin. This acquisition, along with others, as shown in Figure 3, pushed the supply chain out of balance. The balance sheet performance (impacted by supply chain decisions) is not as strong in the period of 2010-2016 as it was in the period of 1980-2005.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2016

Meanwhile, full truckload (FT) revenue increased by 3 percent, and intermodal revenue rose 2 percent. While inventories had steadily grown since 2005 at 5-percent annually, growth of inventories in 2015 flattened out. Overall transportation costs rose by 1.3 percent between all possible modes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

With globalization, the average company had 5 to 7 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions and 3 to 5 Advanced Planning Solutions (APS). i2 Technologies acquisition of Intertrans Logistics Solutions (ITLS) in 1998 or Oracle’s acquisition of GLOG in 2005 are also exceptions. S&OP was growing in importance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

As shown in Figure 3, Kimberly-Clark posts the worst performance in the sector. Now, based on this analysis, I can clearly see that P&G made incredible gains over competitors until 2005; but this performance could not be sustained. Facing flattening volumes, the Company failed to regain supply chain momentum post recession.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

On September 3, 2016 China and the US agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change. The USA says it intends to reduce emissions by 26-28 percent below its 2005 level by 2025 , trying hard for the upper limit.

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 7, 2013

The result was presented to Congress in September 2005 under the title " DOD Business System Modernization - Navy Adherence to ERP Business Practices Critical to Avoid Past Failures ". 3) No process measurement : GOA reported that the investment in new system created "no marked improvement in the Navys day-to-day operations".

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

. / Abu Dhabi University., Department of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship / College of Business Administration. Abu Dhabi, UAE.: Green supply chain management in china: pressures, practices and performance (Vol. Queiroz, M. Environmental Quality Management (Vol. Jayanti, M. Sustainability dilemmas in emergingeconomies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 29, 2015

3) Higher User Satisfaction. Kinaxis , an early pioneer in the evolution of SaaS solutions committed to the model in 2005, and went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2013. The cloud–through web-based interfaces–makes it easier to connect through cloud-based solutions–to customers and suppliers.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The cost to purchase and start up an advanced robotic spot welder [for example] has plunged from $182,000 in 2005 to $133,000 in 2014, with the price forecast to drop another 22% by 2025,” reports BCG research cited in the article. and globally. a provider of integrated material handling and storage systems for industrial operations.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In my 2005 book The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage (MIT Press, 2005) I wrote that continuous security, resilience and risk mitigation efforts can be hampered by their own success. 3. Hitch resilience to other goals.

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Arkieva

MAY 10, 2016

In our previous blog “ Linking the Supply Chain Triangle to Strategy ”, we have shown how we can map the 3 strategic options proposed by Treacy & Wiersema to the Supply Chain Triangle. Figure 2 analyzes the R&D spending versus the gross profit for our 3 technology companies. Company 3 from 3 to 5%.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The data is from a 2005 research paper by Kevin Hendricks and Vinod Singhal on “ The Effect of Supply Chain Disruptions on Long-term Shareholder Value, Profitability, and Share Price Volatility.” Part 3: Supply Chain Leaders Build Resilient Supply Chains. Many Companies Falling Short on Supply Chain Risk Management.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 24, 2015

In my post last week about Descartes’ user conference , I commented on how the company had made 28 acquisitions since 2005, including 7 acquisitions since 2013, and how global trade content was a growing focus for the company (evidenced by its acquisition of Customs Info). and Convergence is the Word for 3PLs.

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