Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2014

As the WSJ article reports, “In one example of that surge in demand, a container terminal operator at Port Metro Vancouver in August told its customers it didn’t have enough railcars to ship Asian goods to the U.S. The Canadian ports, however, have had some difficulty handling the surge in demand. Midwest and suspended service for a week.”.

Asia 136

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 20, 2019

Some examples include gestural interfaces, machine-aided purchases, facial recognition, autonomous cars, miniature drones, ubiquitous advertising, and electronic surveillance. For example, analysts at River Logic write, “The concept of autonomously delivering products is slowly starting to become a reality.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

In 2002, only 27 percent of shippers (clients who outsource their logistics activities) were satisfied with their logistics suppliers’ IT expertise, even though IT was an essential element of 89 percent of those logistics activities. By Martijn Lofvers. In other words, there is still an ‘IT gap’ of 34 percentage points.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 27, 2014

Another example of the wrinkles in our lives , and how we respond to them. The last shutdown occurred in the fall of 2002, as retailers were preparing for the Christmas holiday period. If you haven’t been preparing for this risk, ideally since the end of the last shutdown in 2002, there’s very little you can do now at the 11th hour.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 140

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KEPLER Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Some examples of worst practices. Two examples among others are the manual sourcing process or asset management to be applied on future orders from the supplier. Thesis, Northwestern University, 2002. The importance of a robust supply chain. 1/ Managing the quality of information. 3/ Workflow Management. Sources Cachon G.P.

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Supply Chain Trend

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 31, 2023

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum.

Supply Chain Planning Software 78

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Elementum

AUGUST 17, 2017

This viewpoint is based on choices made by previous administrations: in 2002, for example, former U.S. President Bush imposed tariffs of up to 30% on steel imported from Japan and the European Union (EU) which cost 200,000 jobs in steel-involved industries, with the unemployment rate being at 6% by the end of 2002.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

In June 2002, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation or SpaceX was established with the goal to make the space launch service way cheaper. For example, in the past, a copy machine maker had to dissect a machine produced in Asia and study them, piece by piece. The most important principle is then no. 1 (to learn from others).

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

Founded in 2002 under the name of Agilisys, Infor rebranded in 2004. In the period of 2002-present, the company acquired/aggregated many applications. Despite numerous acquisitions and product development efforts, SAP and Oracle are much larger industry giants. In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) Examples Across Industries Retail Industry Retailers leverage third-party service providers, external manufacturing systems (EMS), and supply chain IT services (RFID, IoT, barcoding, etc.), allowing them to shift their focus towards core activities like market share and product management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Let me give you another example: I was speaking to a supplier critical to delivering materials to the Caterpillar heavy loader division last week. In 2000-2002 I used to get a press release weekly on the launch of new B2B network models. The Gartner vision for ERP II in 2002 was destructive. There have been too few leaders.

Supply Chain Software 150

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Instilling a “language of green”, as noted by the University of Tennessee researchers is key, and examples can be garnered from other firms. Let us reflect on two examples where alignment is evident. Walmart is an even more pertinent example, since this global retailer fully understands two principles concerning its business.

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Vinculum

APRIL 28, 2020

Both Alibaba and JD.com expanded during the SARS crisis in 2002-2003. Omnichannel companies in China, such as Meituan, Ele, etc are borrowing labor following this example. All the examples above predict the growth of the retail business’s digitization. Not the first time. Change in Actions. Fashion Trends and Apparel.

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Supply Chain Trend

MAY 17, 2022

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. Take the example of a manager who sometimes challenges his team to give him a one-day answer for what can be a complex problem.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

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.”.

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Requis

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Dave and his partner Dan Dershem started Supply Chain Ventures LLC in 2002 – just after the internet investing bubble burst. For example, we might learn that when the weather’s bad, drivers can’t do as many deliveries. The successful ones learned to protect what they had and ride the globalization wave.

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Requis

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Dave and his partner Dan Dershem started Supply Chain Ventures LLC in 2002 – just after the internet investing bubble burst. For example, we might learn that when the weather’s bad, drivers can’t do as many deliveries. The successful ones learned to protect what they had and ride the globalization wave.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Martin Seligman, pioneer of the positive psychology movement, writes in his 2002 book ‘Authentic happiness’, that there are three levels of happiness. What follows are examples on how S&OP objectives can be shaped to provide more meaning. Be aware that these examples would give me more meaning.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 4, 2017

Examples of recalls in 2016 alone span many products, including cell phones (Samsung Galaxy), automobiles (Volkswagen), bicycles (Trek), kitchen products (Cuisinart), computer batteries, toys (Toys R Us), faucets, lightbulbs, tools, pharmaceutical products and multiple other products ([link]. Why were so many cars involved in the recall?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

These recall counts point to sizeable growth over the past decade in the recall notices of Chinese-made consumer goods from 58 in 2002 to 153 in 2014. If you want to see an example of offshoring verses reshoring, look no further than the illicit trade markets for name-brand fashion items.

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Requis

JUNE 12, 2020

Much later, in 2002, Michael Grieves of the University of Michigan used the concept of “mirrored systems” for a product lifecycle management course , and coined the term “digital twin” in a 2011 book on the topic. Digital twin examples. NASA’s original “pairing technology” was an early form of digital twin.

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The Supply Chainer Report

JANUARY 3, 2019

For example, check out a former Sargent Major explaining how to create a Baseline in order to catch when somebody is lying to you … Amazing, right? Baselines are really useful in many aspects of life and not only business.

Forecasting 40

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Elementum

MARCH 18, 2016

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which impacted parts of Asia, North America and Europe in late 2002 and early 2003, has resulted to a contagion effect in Asia, a continent considered to be an electronics hub. SARS And Its Contagion Effect.

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AFFLINK

MARCH 29, 2017

This has been an increasingly hot topic in design circles, especially since the 2002 publication of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by Michael Braungart and William McDonough.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This predicament reminds me of the situation faced by Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane and his quant-jock sidekick Bill James in 2002, when the New York Yankees were spending $140M a year on players to the A’s $40M. On-Base Percentage, for example, turned out to be a strong predictor of success. His commitment never wavered.

Metrics 171

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

For example, statistical techniques are used in a systematic way to reduce variation and improve processes, and there is a stronger focus on results, including customer needs. 2002), Lean Six Sigma: Combining Six Sigma with Lean Speed, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY. – Comparatively simple deployment tools. Bhuiyan, N. and Baghel, A.

Six Sigma 75

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EC Sourcing Group

JULY 15, 2021

Prior to joining EC Sourcing Group in 2002 as one of its first business development hires, Jerry held an extensive career at AT&T. He set the bar as high as the sky in terms of serving as an example to our team and community on what leading with empathy and compassion for others is all about. Congratulations Jerry!”

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 25, 2016

For example, a Russian passenger jet and cargo plane in 2002 crashed in a mid-air collision. But what happens when information is presented by human and automated sources? And what happens if those information sources conflict? This situation occurs more than you might think.

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Requis

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For example, it wasn’t called “cleantech” back in those days, we coined the term “sustainable tech” because it just wasn’t profitable yet, or understood very well. For example, you don’t really need a car, you need the services of a car: mobility and transportation. Scott Donachie: I’ll give you an example.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The Women in Supply Chain award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. ATLANTA – Sept. 17, 2021 – Logility, Inc., These factors include, but are not limited to, continuing U.S.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

Insufficient on-the-job training — Over the period from 2002 to 2013, investments in internal training programs such as apprenticeships, company classroom training, and other structured on-the-job skills development for current manufacturing employees were cut from 469,000 to 288,000 (nearly 40 percent). Annually, 3.2 - 3.5

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Elementum

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Professor Yossi Sheffi was on a sabbatical in the UK in 2002, when the world was still reeling from the 9/11 attacks. They wanted to know what would happen were another terrorist attack to target an economic hub—a port or a refinery, for example. There are two types of high-impact supply chain disruption.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

As an example, Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) encompasses a variety of chemical manufacturing codes including petrochemicals (3251), but none for biobased chemicals. For example, yesterday I was speaking with someone who works with the United Soybean Board, and who had spent 25 years with the EPA.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 5, 2015

In 2002, a 10-day lockout on the West Coast cost the US economy an estimated $ 1 billion per day in the first week growing to $2 billion per day in the second week, and required a presidential intervention. The UAW, for example, is now a shadow of its former self owing to the trade union’s over-reaching tactics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In 2002, Bayer AG acquired Aventis (now part of Sanofi) Crop Science and fused it with their own agrochemicals division to form Bayer Crop Science. For example, the Philipines might have been 2 months while France took over 4 months. In addition to conventional agrochemical business, it is involved in genetic engineering of food.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Let’s take P&G as an example. The details: 2001-Acquired Clairol for 4.9B$ 2002-Divestiture of Jif and Crisco to Smuckers–813M in Stock 2003-Acquisition of Wella for 7B$ 2005-Merger with Gilette for 57B$ 2008-Purchase of Nioxin for 300M$ 2009-Purchased Art of Shaving for 60M$ 2009-purchased ZIRH for 40M. A Case Study.

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