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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

Doug Waggoner has served as Chief Executive Officer of Echo Global Logistics since December 2006 and was a Board member from 2008-2021. From April 2004 to December 2005, Waggoner served as Chief Executive Officer of USF Bestway, and from January 2002 to April 2004 he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing for USF Corporation.

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Tackling Item Complexity

Supply Chain Shaman

I worked with the World Kitchen team in the period of 2002-2008. The process helped World Kitchen manage inventories through bankruptcy filing in 2002. In 2002, World Kitchen implemented a disciplined process for managing product complexity. Case Study: World Kitchen Assesses Item Complexity to Move Past Bankruptcy.

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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better

Supply Chain Shaman

The period of 2007-2008 was the downturn of the recession while the period of 2009-2013 marked the recovery. We were better at factory scheduling in 2002 that we are currently. The source of this data is a syndicated data provider of public reporting termed “Y-Charts.”). Executive Understanding.

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Clouds: A Beautiful Thing for Sure!

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2002, there was no interest. In studies from the periods of 2006-2008, there was slow adoption of 15-20%, and today, the supply chain leader prefers a cloud-based solution. As a result, Steelwedge looks very different today than when I first met them in 2002. The reason?

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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Mark Yong joined INTTRA in 2002 as Regional Sales Director, Greater China, then as Director – Professional Services, Asia –Pacific, thereafter as Director – Global Operations, based in Hong Kong. In year 2008, Mark joined BMT, based in the Hong Kong office.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Glass-Steagall repealed. Tech bubble burst. Bush tax cut, 9/11 attacks. War on Terror. Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair. Bank crisis. Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act.

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What Makes Amazon the Leading Cloud Service? (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

While AWS was launched in 2002, Microsoft made an entry into the cloud market only in 2008, six long years later. That said, what makes AWS the number one player in cloud computing space? One of the main reasons is that Amazon saw opportunity in this niche much earlier than others. This head start gave AWS a huge competitive advantage.