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The American Red Cross: A New SCRC Partner Company Engages the Influence Model!

Supply Chain View from the Field

This was at the request of my good friend, Tom Nash, who I have known since 2000, when he was an IT Sourcing executive at Shell Oil in Houston. One would think that with the importance of blood distribution being at the core of their business, that a strongly centralized supply chain organization would be natural. Cohen and David L.

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2017 in Review: Disruptions Drive Rates Up

DAT Solutions

We haven't seen three consecutive quarters of 3% GDP growth since 2005. Container ships docked in Los Angeles or Long Beach, the freight was unloaded, sorted and moved on rail intermodal or van trailers to regional distribution centers across the country. More important, oil has been above $45 since Q4 2016.