article thumbnail

This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech September 8 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2007 , Inspirage is headquartered in Bellevue, WA with offices across North America, Europe and Asia. The acquisition will reportedly further enhance Accenture ’s Oracle Cloud capabilities, helping it accelerate innovation for clients through emerging technologies, such as touchless supply chain and digital twins.

article thumbnail

Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

Disclaimer: This research has been done on behalf of the University of San Francisco Online. For Walmart, its SCM methods yield lower costs for products and inventory, better control over selection in its stores and the ultimate result of lower prices that can be passed to customers, TradeGecko said. Gilmore, Dan. “50 scdigest.com.

Gartner 120
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Are You Ready for the Sharing Economy?

MIT Supply Chain

In October 2007, Brian Chesky, a recent college grad, gave up his job hunt in Los Angeles to stay with a friend in San Francisco. [i] A large conference for industrial designers had come to San Francisco and overwhelmed the local hotel market. But this is more than a story about two resourceful entrepreneurs.

article thumbnail

The Ultimate List of Top Logistics Startups – Blog

Freightos

Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published. San Francisco only. San Francisco only. San Francisco only. Really hot.

article thumbnail

Balance and Segmentation – What the Election Can Teach Supply Chain

Kinaxis

When Godzilla and the MUTO’s final battle occurred, half of San Francisco was destroyed. Source: © 2007 AMR Research, Inc. | Page 5. Regardless of where you stand, left or right, agree or disagree, we hope that balance will reset itself, sometimes incrementally and sometimes shockingly. See Figure 1. The trade-off.

article thumbnail

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. ” Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers. Despite falling futures markets, parts of the U.S.

article thumbnail

Ranking Journals: Academic Journal Guide 2018 (“ABS List”)

SCM Research

Shortly after the publication of the ABS list, Nature has published ten principles to guide research evaluation, which have since become known as the Leiden Manifesto. One of these principles argues that quantitative evaluation should support qualitative, expert assessment, not replace it.

Journal 50