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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

According to the press release : The proposed standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by approximately 1 billion metric tons, cut fuel costs by about $170 billion, and reduce oil consumption by up to 1.8 miles out of its network from 2007-2010 and had increased its CWT per truck from 382 in FY 2007 to 415 in FY 2010, an 8.6

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

No metric should be measured in isolation, and functional metrics should be replaced with the balanced scorecard metrics shown in Figure 2. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. 5 A Focus on Functional Metrics Throws the Supply Chain Out of Balance.

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Sales and Operations Alignment: Often The Missing Link

Supply Chain Shaman

I first met Shane in 2007 at the beginning of his work with Syngenta’s value chain. In 2007, Shane Emms was asked to take a Global Supply Chain leadership assignment at Syngenta. He led the team during the period of 2007-2009. This is the event where supply chain innovators talk to supply chain visionaries.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

I remember December 2007 like yesterday. For more on this topic, reference my prior blog posts on Learn the Language of Demand and Driving Innovation ). Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. They are not. Reflection.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers.

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.

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Ecommerce Venture Capital Trends: Which VCs & Seed Investors are Investing in Ecommerce?

ShipBob

It was the world’s largest VC firm in 2007 with over $20 million in assets during the year. Some brands have a structural advantage to how they manufacture or an innovative way to how they distribute (e.g., A thorough understanding of metrics that prove out business models. New Enterprise Associates is an American-based VC firm.

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