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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

Doug Waggoner has served as Chief Executive Officer of Echo Global Logistics since December 2006 and was a Board member from 2008-2021. Doug is the CEO of Echo Global Logistics , a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. About Doug Waggoner.

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Citation of Excellence Awards 2012

SCM Research

This time, at least two articles related to supply chain management have been awarded: Manuj and Mentzer (2008): Global supply chain risk management and Roth et al. 2008): Unraveling the food supply chain: Strategic insights from China and the 2007 recalls. Congratulations! Manuj, I. & & Mentzer, J.T. 2158-1592.2008.tb00072.x.

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A Brief History of WMS in the Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

The 2000s to 2006: Warehouses Become More Advanced, Relying on Evolving Technology to Meet Increased Demand and Avoid Overstocking. 2006 – Present: Cloud-Computing Overhauls Traditional Warehouse Management Further, Continuing the Process Through the Internet of Things (IoT). Enter the Amazon Elastic Computer Cloud.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, in this post, we provide you with some insights for the period of 2006-2015. The analysis is for two time periods: 2006-2015 and 2009-2015. The period of 2007-2008 was the great recession. In Figure 2, we share the average results by industry peer group for each metric and contrast the average value of 2006 to 2015.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014.

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7 Best Supply Chain Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

The assumption behind this is that college students will buy textbooks anyway so there is no need to have a copy in the library. References - Moed, H. Citation analysis in research evaluation (Vol. Springer Science & Business Media. & Tang, C.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Tech bubble burst. Bush tax cut, 9/11 attacks. War on Terror. Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair. Bank crisis. Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act. Debt ceiling crisis. Government shutdown.