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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. I disagreed.

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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

Orbit Chart for Kimberly-Clark and P&G for the Period of 2006-2015. 19 average) and 3 times better ROIC for the period (33% versus P&G’s 11%), note that none of these three household products companies made progress on supply chain excellence in the period of 2013-2015. Orbit Chart of Colgate for the Period of 2006-2015.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

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Honda, for instance, has already begun extracting over 80% of its rare earth materials from nickel-metal hydride batteries , and it is predicted that by 2030, 10% of Nd demand in the EU will be met through recycling magnets from electric vehicles, wind turbines and hard disk drives. The role of blockchain. Introduction to available tools.