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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. In my work tonight, I carefully studied 2006-2015 financial results to select the Supply Chains to Admire winners. Today, I unpacked my bags.

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The Future of Nuclear Power: Is There One?

Enterra Insights

The Economist recalls, “The earthquake cut the plant off from outside sources of electricity. In the aftermath of the disaster, notes The Economist , “Germany … ordered its reactors phased out. In 2006, Gates help found TerraPower, LLC, in partnership with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. The world looked on aghast.”[1]

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Source: Google. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). Without going into all the details, it’s sufficient to say that Descartes (still a client today) came dangerously close to joining the others in the dotcom cemetery. Where is Descartes today?

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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

According to our USMTO data the 2003 recession really started in 2001 and didn’t really end until 2005 or even 2006. Sources: The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) [link]. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wenzel Group of Germany. We can also see that the ‘shape’ of the last two recessions was very different.

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Using Green Patents to Create a More Sustainable Business

EcoVadis

The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI), which has been tracking green patent trends since 2002, has reported upward trends of green patents in economies around the world , such as Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, as well as in the United States, including in Michigan, California, and Texas. Source: CEPGI.

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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. Source: SupplyChain247. Source: TheVerge. Source: PC-Tablet. Source: Auto News. Project Titan: Apple’s Newest Rumor.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

billion of its total revenue in the fiscal year 2014, placing it as the third-largest source of income in the nation. The Panamanian government decided to enlarge the Panama Canal in 2006. It makes it possible for Germany, Poland, the Baltic States, and Russia to participate in international maritime shipping.

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