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Moving the Mission with Courtney George

The Logistics of Logistics

Courtney is a North Carolina native, currently residing in Atlanta, and a graduate of the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science focused in Commerce and Business Administration; Marketing. Its primary activity is distributing Veteran’s wreaths for placement on graves in military cemeteries.

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Why do we have 32 days more inventory by company in 2020 than in 2007? Mistake #5.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

I was trying to come up with something witty to say, but then I came across this article by Rebecca Burns, deputy editor of Atlanta Magazine , with a title that says it all: The Day We Lost Atlanta: How 2 lousy inches of snow paralyzed a metro area of 6 million. 2 inches of snow. Implement a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) fee?

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Evolution of the Warehouse: How it Adapted to E-Commerce and New Technology Trends?

AFFLINK

Ecommerce Fuels a Warehouse Boom,” reports this article by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta article details the boom in warehouses due to e-commerce. “How Ecommerce Is Changing Warehouses for the Better,” is the headline on this Entrepreneur magazine story. That’s not a typo.

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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the course of trip to Atlanta to connect to Peru, we began a discussion. Based on this process evolution, Cisco was one of the first companies to sense the economic downturn of December 2007. I put in my earphones and zoned out letting the plane take off. It was a hot day, and I was not in the mood to talk.

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Amazon Prime Now – The Cost of Expediting the Last Mile

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Some sortation centers, such as the one in Atlanta, will also support Prime Now customers. Sortation centers were introduced in 2014 and function primarily as hubs to aggregate outbound shipments, minimize third party transportation costs, and enable shipment on Sundays using the US Postal Service.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

According to Supply Chain Dive , “ Cost-cutting has become a major focus for the agency, which has posted $87 billion in losses from fiscal years 2007 through 2020. ” The first of the new shipping and delivery centers will open in Atlanta, GA, in the fall of this year, with more than 100 additional sites under consideration nationwide. .