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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. Fossil fuel proponents like to claim that oil and coal are the only “rainy day” energy source out there. Researchers at MIT have figured out how to make a new battery with abundant and cheap base materials.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. ” Her answer was telling.

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What is the return on ERP implementation? Results from our research

Supply Chain View from the Field

A research study published recently in the International Journal of Operations and Production Management by my PhD student, Yun-Yung Huang and myself, suggest that the data point to some interesting results. And how do these benefits accrue? innovation, total cost of ownership improvements, etc.).

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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. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) We source this data from Y charts. Mistake #5.

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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better

Supply Chain Shaman

In Table 1, I share research collected for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis on the average days of inventory by industry across the period of 2004 to 2019 by increments to match economic shifts. The period of 2007-2008 was the downturn of the recession while the period of 2009-2013 marked the recovery. ”).

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness!

Supply Chain Game Changer

It is possible to use an app for advance on paycheck to ensure payments are made on time, but please research before moving forward on them. It was started in 2007 and is managed by the U.S. With the current waiver, all payments for federal student loans after October 1, 2007, count under the qualifications. Conclusion.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

In our recent analysis of supply chains that are “working well” , we find higher performance when companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the supply chain organization. In the research, top performers for the report meet the following criteria: Analysis by Industry. Organizational structure matters. Resiliency.