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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. source: thebalance.com. The law of supply and demand, coupled with other environmental and political factors, have led to two months of inflation that are higher than we have seen in 30 years (see table below). ?. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation?

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E2open Acquires Zyme: A Bridge Too Far?

Supply Chain Shaman

This source of channel data is very industry specific to the high tech market. The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype 2000-2003 period. For readers of this blog that do not know Zyme, the company focuses on the management of channel data in the high-tech industry. The company is a CRM solution.

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What’s the Solution to Power Outage Proliferation

USC Consulting Group

weather-related events, source of electricity, car accidents that damage utility poles, etc.), From 2003 to 2012, outages resulted in losses that averaged between $18 billion and $33 billion for the U.S. Why are they occurring on a more regular basis? Because so many variables play into the power supply and its reliability (e.g.

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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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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

you look at the data even more closely, you can see pretty big spikes in September 2012 and September 2014 – Those were the months of the IMTS show in Chicago. At the trough of the recessions in 2003 and 2009, only $100 million worth of equipment was being purchased. Sources: The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) [link].

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LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

in sales (estimated 2012). in sales in 2012. The latest addition to this portfolio includes LTL and truckload freight services, which complements UPS’s global capabilities to provide customers a single source for multiple modes of transportation. were rebranded to the UPS Store brand in 2003. UPS Freight has 6.9%

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 17 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Hasso Plattner who co-founded SAP in 1972, stepped down from his CEO leadership role in 2003. According to reporting by TechCrunch , sources familiar with the matter informed upper management about these solicitations over the past few months because “ he wanted to see the autonomous trucking company to fail without him.”