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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Pickelball is the fastest growing sport in the US. Franklin Sports needed to protect sales in this category by improving their pickleball supply chain. Franklin Sports, founded in 1946, is a third-generation business employing over 150 workers and doing roughly $200 million in business. Jennings’ name. The timing was not great.

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My Failure Of Using Design Thinking To Drive Supply Chain Innovation

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain management is a team sport. Just as there are many flavors of sports teams, there are many types of supply chains. The game in each sport is different: a swim team has little in common with rugby. The game in each sport is different: a swim team has little in common with rugby.

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‘Win the Moment’ at Kinexions ’19

Kinaxis

In fact, it’s my job at Kinexions ’19 to help keep you out of the box and on the supply chain ice where you’re most valuable to your organization. Supply chain planning as competitive sport at Kinexions ’19. Supply chain planning as competitive sport at Kinexions ’19.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

McDonald’s is launching a retro-themed boxed meal (Happy Meal) for adults that includes a collectible figurine of a classic McDonald’s mascot – Birdie, Grimace, Hamburglar, or the new Cactus Buddy. The adult themed boxed meal will be available for a limited time from October 3 – 30. the Nike article reminded me of it).

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The Great Store Redo

Cathy Roberson

Best Buy is transitioning one of its stores into a new type of outlet that will include open box products and serve as the hub in a new services repair hub and spoke model it is testing, as well as an auto tech mega-hub for its car tech installation. New customers represented nearly 50% of total customers during the second quarter.

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Lessons from the upcoming World Cup – making training stick is a team sport 

Procurement Academy

Few footballers would complete a training exercise and consider their job done – yet all too often employees treat training as a tick-box activity. Creating an environment where learners can practice in a “sand-box” scenario helps embed new skills and builds their confidence in using them. Tie training to objectives.

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Reduce Excess Inventory While Protecting Margins with a Pricing and Promotion Analysis  Solution

Logility

Burt Flickinger, managing director for Strategic Resource Group, told CBS News he’d seen the biggest discounts across “consumer electronics, sporting goods, apparel, clothes, and accessories.”. Big Box Blues. Nonetheless, there are deep discounts in stores across the U.S.