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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype of electronic exchanges in the 2000-2003 period. SAS’s acquisition of MarketMax in 2003 is an exception. The original platform technologies were Ariba and i2 Technologies. The focus was on automating procurement. Sitting at my desk, I made a list.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Bush tax cut, 9/11 attacks. War on Terror. Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair. Bank crisis. Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act. Debt ceiling crisis. Government shutdown. Sequestration.

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E2open Acquires Zyme: A Bridge Too Far?

Supply Chain Shaman

The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype 2000-2003 period. E2open’s initial public offering in July 2012 was 4,687,500 shares of its common stock, including 3,750,000 shares from the company and 937,500 shares from the selling stockholders, at a price to the public of $15 per share.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

Read if you’re interested in: How the creation of a metal box can change major world ports, power the rise of Asian manufacturing and flatten the world. The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention by William Rosen (Link). The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman ( Link ). The Wire, Season 2 ( Link ).

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What’s the Solution to Power Outage Proliferation

USC Consulting Group

From 2003 to 2012, outages resulted in losses that averaged between $18 billion and $33 billion for the U.S. Restoring the nation’s power grid — as well as your own — will cost money, but doing nothing about it may cost more if outages continue to proliferate as expected.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

When we compare the results of P&G to its peer group for 2012-2021, P&G outperforms in inventory turns and margin but underperforms in growth and asset utilization. As shown in Figure 1, the results for the period of 2012-2021 tell the story. Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence.

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LTL Carrier Profile: YRC Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

in sales (estimated 2012). In 2012, the company had revenues of $4.9B. The 2012 revenues were 0.4% purchased Roadway in 2003. YRC Freight is the third largest less than truckload (LTL) carrier with approximately $3.2B YRC Freight has 9.2% of the less than truckload (LTL) market. The Roush brothers found Roadway in 1930.