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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

This research, released in 2005, gives a compelling view of a metrics hierarchy. This is the goal of the Network of Networks initiative which we are deeply vested in testing during 2017. We will launch a call for industry action on our webinar on January 11, 2017. In 2017, my goal is to continue my quest to unveil truth.

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Walmart in a World on Fire

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart has been on an ESG journey since 2005. By 2017, Walmart had met its goal of doubling the transportation’s fleets efficiency. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. I, on the other hand, touted their ESG performance. That is not surprising to me.

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Hyper-Collaboration in Life Sciences Creates Supply Chain Opportunities

Logility

Ecosystem Innovation, Prism First Semester 2017]. The statistics are telling: Approximately 9,000 new biopharma R&D partnerships were formed between 2005 and 2014 at an annual growth rate of four percent during that 10-year period.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

In their June 2005 paper titled, “ The Effect of Supply Chain Disruptions on Long-term Shareholder Value, Profitability, and Share Price Volatility ,” Kevin Hendricks and Vinod Singhal report the following findings from their research: Disruptions have a negative across the board effect on stock price, profitability, and share price volatility.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

You presume you can understand its behavior by looking at it, and there’s simply nobody who can do that” (Fisher, 2005). You have this high-order, nonlinear, dynamic system in front of you as a diagram on the page.

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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

It has been around since 2005 and is celebrated every year as a way to thank those who work hard behind the scenes, ensuring that goods are delivered quickly, efficiently and safely.”[3] 7] Staff, “ The History of the Trade and Barter System ,” The Bottom Line, 1 January 2017. ”[3] In 2019, Logistics Plus Inc.,

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This Week in Logistics News (January 1-5, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Amazon shipped over 5 billion items with Prime in 2017 (TechCrunch). That is the most unbalanced market since October 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, and is up from a roughly 4-to-1 ratio at the end of 2016…The cost to hire the most common type of big rig shot to $2.11 per mile, including a fuel surcharge, in the week ended Dec.