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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

In business conversations, the term supply chain excellence rolls off the tongue frequently in meetings, but what does it mean? Supply chain excellence is harder to define than to say. We designed the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology to help companies define supply chain excellence.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

He was the hero of the curse-reversing 2004 team that came back from a 3-0 deficit to the Yankees in the ALCS with a walk-off homer and another walk-off single. This comes at a time when the food supply chain is already seeing massive disruption. In 2020 alone, Mexico accounted for 77 percent of US fresh vegetable import volume.

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Four Strategies What Worked

Supply Chain Shaman

For the past twenty-two years, I have had the luxury of watching supply chain stories unfold. Over time, I used this group as a research panel to better understand the choices made by supply chain leaders and what made a difference in balance sheet performance. I give thanks for this experience. What did work?

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A Boomerang Opportunity

BlueYonder

My family was in Arizona. I worked at Nordstrom for 16 years in Oregon and Washington, then helped them open locations in Texas and Arizona. By that point, I didn’t want to leave Arizona, but every promotion opportunity would move me north. The post A Boomerang Opportunity appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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A Boomerang Opportunity

BlueYonder

My family was in Arizona. I worked at Nordstrom for 16 years in Oregon and Washington, then helped them open locations in Texas and Arizona. By that point, I didn’t want to leave Arizona, but every promotion opportunity would move me north. The post A Boomerang Opportunity appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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