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This Week in Logistics News (July 14-18, 2014)

Talking Logistics

According to a Wall Street Journal article : In a 15-count indictment filed in San Francisco, federal prosecutors say that beginning in 2004 the company repeatedly ignored warnings from the government it was breaking the law by shipping drugs ordered from online pharmacies that dispensed them to anyone who filled out an online questionnaire.

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Collaboration? When It Comes to Cash-to-Cash, We Don’t Know How to Walk the Talk

Supply Chain Shaman

Note the elongation of the cash-to-cash cycle in the chemical industry of 38 additional days when comparing the 2014-2019 averages to the pre-recession period of 2004-2006. All industries operate today with more inventory than in the pre-recessionary period of 2004-2007. It is worse in some industries.

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The Internet of Things in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes. Manufacturing and transportation and logistics companies have been pioneers of today’s IoRT revolution, leading the way to connect and automate industry operations.” in 2004 to $0.38 ”[6].

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014.

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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. For example, job training grants totaling $450 million were distributed among approximately 270 community colleges in 2014. Improving relevant education — The U.S.

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Infor’s Acquistion of GT Nexus: If I Had a Magic Wand

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. Founded in 2002 under the name of Agilisys, Infor rebranded in 2004. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. It is clear.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

When I visited Cuba with my father in 2004, we drove several hours from Cienfuegos to Camaguey to visit my aunt Z and her family. Roadnet® Transportation Suite 3.6.8 Cass Truckload Linehaul Index November 2014. The post This Week in Logistics News (December 15-19, 2014) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.