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Driving the Mission with Graig Morin

The Logistics of Logistics

About Wreaths Across America Wreaths Across America is an American nonprofit organization established in 2007 by wreath producer Morrill Worcester, assisted by veterans and truckers. This gave us the opportunity to develop a solid supply chain to move your freight all over America and become a true solutions provider.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Commercial and operating teams in manufacturing organizations greater than 5B$ in annual revenue were more aligned in 2007, at the beginning of the recession, than in 2020, the start of the pandemic. Alignment Barriers.

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REPOST: The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Zipline Logistics , founded in 2007, is a digitally enabled transportation partner specializing exclusively in serving the food, beverage, and consumer product manufacturers. Starting his career in carrier procurement and management within a Fortune 100 logistics company, Lynch has held positions of responsibility in all areas of?third-party?logistics.

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The State of Globalization in a Fragile World

SCM Research

In spite of growing anti-globalization tensions in many countries, the report indicates that globalization hits a new record high, as the aforementioned flows all intensified significantly for the first time since 2007. Europe tops the regional ranking, while a group of Southeast Asian countries beats the expectations by the widest margin.

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Frequency of “Supply Chain” in Books

SCM Research

It turns out that the use of the term “supply chain” accelerated in the late 1990s and took over “logistics” in 2007. The following Google Ngram Viewer graph shows the frequency of the terms “supply chain”, “logistics” and “procurement” in books published between 1975 and 2008.

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Citation of Excellence Awards 2012

SCM Research

2008): Unraveling the food supply chain: Strategic insights from China and the 2007 recalls. 2007): The severity of supply chain disruptions: Design characteristics and mitigation capabilities , and Holweg et al. Unraveling the food supply chain: Strategic insights from China and the 2007 recalls. Congratulations! 2008.00043.x.

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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The first iPhone only came out in 2007 – ushering in smart phone apps and all the rest in very quick succession. The answer would definitely be within the last 10 years. Before that, all the needed elements would not yet have been in place. That is not to say that one could not see the future coming.