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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last night, I took my 13-year-old son to see the movie Air, which tells the story of how Nike pursued basketball rookie Michael Jordan in 1984 to sign with the company. That move, and Michael Jordan’s incredible talent and business acumen, has turned the Jordan brand into a multi-billion-dollar business.

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FMCG Foods Turnaround: A successful S&OP Case Study

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

I know, I know. I know I am prone to rattle on about Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) but seeing the benefits being delivered to previously struggling businesses is extremely motivating for a confirmed “techy” like myself.

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Industrial IoT: Supporters and Skeptics

Enterra Insights

Jordan Appleson ( @jordanisonfire ), CEO at Hark, explains, “A subset of IoT is the Industrial Internet of Things which refers to creating interconnections between industrial equipment, facilities, personnel and processes. ” That’s exactly why the IIoT is here to stay despite some current skepticism. Footnotes. [1]

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

Perhaps most notably, CHEP , a pallet and container pooling provider, is supporting UNHCR to perform an in-depth study of its global supply chain network. CHEP will complete the study by late 2015 and present its findings and recommendations to UNHCR shortly thereafter.

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Social Networking, TMS, and Mega Trends: My CSCMP Conference Agenda

Talking Logistics

This session will focus on a recent study that surveyed supply chain managers on their international transportation management practices, processes, and technologies that support them. Jordan Kass, C.H. See you in Denver soon! —————— Tuesday, October 22 at 9:45 AM. Sessions Room: Room 109.

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Willkommen! Quintiq World Tour opens its doors in Düsseldorf

DELMIA Quintiq

The Brussels Airport case study follows, demonstrating how to take into account various factors in airport operations when planning for optimal customer satisfaction. Kümmerlen invites the Formula 1 pro and former management of executive of Jordan Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing and Cosworth, to the stage.

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7 Social Commerce Examples – And What You Can Learn from Them

Unleashed

According to Zimba’s Facebook case study, users shopping through Shops had a 6.7% Nike: specifically the launch of the Air Jordan III “Tinker” Where? According to Facebook’s case study on MADE.COM , the brand saw a 2.5x greater average order value than those shopping through the website. See more: Zimba’s Instagram 2.