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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. This incident might be because of oversights in documentation and procedures at Boeing’s Renton factory in Washington. The company aimed to develop the aircraft quickly and inexpensively to compete with the Airbus A380.

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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

From April 2004 to December 2005, Waggoner served as Chief Executive Officer of USF Bestway, and from January 2002 to April 2004 he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing for USF Corporation. Prior to joining Echo, Waggoner founded SelecTrans, LLC, a freight management software provider based in Chicago, Illinois.

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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, I worked with a Midwest North American meatpacker to help define its supply chain strategy. In 2004, I worked with the client to help define specifications and shortlist potential solutions. With each implementation clearly document the use case and measure performance. What do I mean?

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Hyper-Collaboration in Life Sciences Creates Supply Chain Opportunities

Logility

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). The consortium model alone saw a nine-fold increase between 2005 and 2014 versus the prior decade, with 334 new consortia formed, versus just 34 from 1995 to 2004.

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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. Outside-in Transportation. Telematics and outside-in data redefines transportation.

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The Internet of Things in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

” • Barcode label : According to the ModusLink staff, “Plenty of operations happening inside the warehouse rely on administrative documentation. in 2004 to $0.38 However, the staff at C3 Solutions reports, “[There have been] significant cost reductions in the costs of the technologies that make [the IoT] possible.

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5 Ways to Boost Sustainable Shipping

Multichannel Merchant

Launched in 2004, this voluntary public-private program gives shippers a comprehensive system for tracking, documenting and sharing information about fuel use and freight emissions across supply chains.