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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

The Dreamliner program was launched in April of 2004 with an order for 50 aircraft from All Nippon Airways. In 2017, a billion-dollar extension contract worth $1 billion and covering 30 years was signed between Boeing and Dassault. The company aimed to develop the aircraft quickly and inexpensively to compete with the Airbus A380.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. since 2004, hit an all-time high of 4,586 points in late March. The Harpex index, published by brokerage Harper Petersen & Co.

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Hyper-Collaboration in Life Sciences Creates Supply Chain Opportunities

Logility

Ecosystem Innovation, Prism First Semester 2017]. The 9,000 new biopharmaceutical R&D partnerships formed between 2005 and 2014 are more than double the number formed (approximately 4,000) in the preceding decade (1995-2004). Should Supply Chain Professionals be Hyperventilating? .

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The Current State of the Shipping Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

The shipping capacity crunch is not a new topic, but the end of 2017 is shaping up to reveal an unprecedented crunch, reports Chris Brady of Logistics Viewpoints. As it stands today, reports Jeff Berman of Supply Chain 24/7 , the ELD mandate is set to take full effective December 10, 2017. becomes more of the fact.

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Welcome 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

In parallel, SAP launched technology platforms: NetWeaver in 2004 followed by HANA 2.0 In the past decade, Infor consolidated the ERP assets of Agilysis, Baan, GEAC, Intentia, and Lawson while Oracle acquired JDE and Peoplesoft. While not explicit, the driver was to develop market share.

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Two-day Shipping Has Helped Double Warehouse Land Prices

BlueYonder

just accelerated to its best year since 2004 and Amazon could be eyeing Target as its next major retail acquisition, according to one influential tech analyst. The cost of land for smaller warehouses in or near cities — what’s used for last-mile or same-day delivery — rose to more than $250,000 an acre, up 25 percent from 2016 to 2017.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Fed raised rates. LTCM crisis. Glass-Steagall repealed. Tech bubble burst. 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. Deflation in oil and gas prices. Core inflation rate 1.7%.