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Sparking a New Conversation: Let’s Build a Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Looking back at history… When I was a Gartner analyst in 2001, I tracked over 400 trading exchanges. In this process, gain clarity of contract requirements and policy guidelines and try to incorporate them into the flows. The market of Supply Chain Operating Networks consolidated. Today, there are a handful.

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Back to the future of public transport

DELMIA Quintiq

An artist and a cartoonist for the magazine, Strothmann envisioned the future of transportation in 2001: Flying buses and trams, sky stations, and private zeppelins instead of cars. We may not have met Strothman’s vision for public transport in 2001, but what if we had? But you can learn from the visions of people from the past.

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Free Trade: Why U.S. Trade With Mexico and China Could Not Be More Different

GlobalTranz

Mexico generally follows global rules and guidelines governing fair international trade practices, while China aggressively does not. . Since their inclusion in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 (at the beginning of a decade of precipitous decline in U.S. Free trade agreements provide a set of rules for countries to follow.

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