article thumbnail

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. She was also able to establish inventory strategies for five large distribution centers that form the neural network for the entity’s emergency operations. Cohen and David L.

article thumbnail

2017 in Review: Disruptions Drive Rates Up

DAT Solutions

We haven't seen three consecutive quarters of 3% GDP growth since 2005. Then the retailers took over, shuttling goods to stores via private or dedicated fleets, to balance inventories in time for Thanksgiving weekend. The economy is growing faster than it has in more than a decade, with year-over-year increases above 3% in the U.S.