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Welcome 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

The teams in these seats did not experience the down market in 2007 or the start of the market run in 2009. Past Prediction Articles: If you want to read my past trend articles checkout the article from 2018 and 2011. Bear markets drive heightened interest in supply chain management. The impact may surprise us. The teams are new.

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Top 25 Supply Chains Pt. 1: Masters category

Kinaxis

As quickly as Apple rose up the ranks to #2 in 2007, there could be changes that force the rankings to adjust. I went back five years to the 2011 Top 25 Supply Chain rankings. Of the 25 in 2011, there are 18 (72%) that are the same. Seven from 2011 are not on the 2015 ranks. Dell – took themselves out by going private.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

Back in 2012, for example, Walmart highlighted in its 2012 Global Responsibility Report how it improved the efficiency of its private fleet by almost 69 percent in 2011 compared to its 2005 baseline. miles out of its network from 2007-2010 and had increased its CWT per truck from 382 in FY 2007 to 415 in FY 2010, an 8.6

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LTL Carrier Profile: Con-Way Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

better than 2011. In 2007, Con-Way bought CFI and merged it into Con-Way’s existing truckload addition. to the Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2011. The truckload division operates in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Con-Way Inc. is based in Ann Arbor, MI and had $5.58B in revenues in 2012. The 2012 results were 5.5%

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And I thought last year’s Top 25 Supply Chain was a surprise

Kinaxis

2011-2015 – Meg Whitman. This is probably driven by the significant change in HP leadership over the past 10 plus years. 1992-1999 – Lew Platt. 1999-2005 – Carly Fiorina. 2005-2010 – Mark Hurd. 2010 – Leo Apotheker – 11 months. 2015 – Don Weisler. A Challenge to get back to the “Oscars”. Bill Clinton. Colin Powell. Bill Bradley.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

War on Terror. Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair. Bank crisis. Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act. Debt ceiling crisis. Government shutdown. Sequestration.

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. Today was the worst day in the S&P since August 2011. Demand latency is the translation of market consumption to an order signal. The public markets struggled today with the plunge in oil prices.