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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. source: tradingeconomics.com. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation? It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management! Bush tax cut, 9/11 attacks. War on Terror. Bank crisis.

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Coronavirus Increases Supply Chain Risk Management Priority

Enterra Insights

Van Hull notes, “Shortly after Dr. Osterholm’s article, in May 2006, AMR Research (acquired by Gartner in 2009) published Supply Chain Saves the World with a chapter dedicated entirely to preparing for pandemics. 3] Brent Moritz, “ Supply chain disruptions and Covid-19 ,” Modern Materials Handling , 19 May 2020.

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L’Oreal: A Beautiful Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. We studied this pre and post-recession.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

Arkieva

2006-2009 I did a Ph.D. My Vision for Supply Chain 2020? Supply Chain in 2020 should have the deep integration that includes service, cost, and cash. The question was how I imagine the Supply Chain in 2020. on Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization. ’ My Ph.D. was on safety stock optimization. Read More ».

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From Model X to Project Titan: A Closer Look at the New Auto Manufacturing

Elementum

Then, in 2006, a Silicon Valley startup called Tesla Motors announced that it would be producing a luxury electric sports car that could potentially run for more than 200 miles on a single charge. Recently, Google launched its self-driving prototype which it has been developing since 2009. Source: TheVerge.

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Is Cyber Monday Still a Thing?

Enterra Insights

According to Wikipedia, the following year (2006) saw a 25% jump in sales from 2005 for a total of $608 million. In 2009, although sales continued to increase, the jump was not as large — 5% to $887 million. . ” Cyber Monday 2020. ”[5] He goes on to make a few predictions about Cyber Monday 2020.