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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. First Phase: 2002-2006.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

Industry data for 2004 - 2013 shows an annual loss of at least $17 billion due to vacant positions, with shocking losses of around $45 billion in both 2012 and 2013. Training Magazine 's annual survey indicates that from 2006-2013, average investment in training per manufacturing employee was reduced by 31 percent.

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Economists consider Brazil to be one of the strongest countries in emerging markets despite the recession of 2013 to 2016. Brazil has nearly 700 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle large capacity airplanes for moving freight quickly to and from all parts of the globe. Manufacturing in Brazil.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

Those same words were said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. The serious and negative impacts this dispute left on the economy demonstrates why we cannot let this happen again.”. Productivity at U.S.

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What’s Your Plan if There’s a West Coast Port Strike?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Or, will we see a repeat of 2002, when a 10-day lockout left dozens of ships lined up outside the West Coast docks, unable to unload? TEUs in 2013—about 40.9% Consider moving critical products via air freight and/or using a sea-air option to minimize the impact of increased costs. West Coast (USWC) ports received 9.6M

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. Real-time freight visibility is quickly becoming a “must have” capability for transportation managers. One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group.

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Beroe Founder Vel Dhinagaravel speaks at NC State on Origins of Company

NC State SCRC

I learned that to manage logistics you have to manage relationships with people in the supply chain, and I also learned that there is an informal network of relationships that had to be managed in the supply chain… this was in 2002. This worked exceptionally well – so that by 2013 we had grown to 300 analysts.