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Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014

Talking Logistics

Source: “Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation & Logistics,” Jason Mathers, EDF, Ryder Innovate 2014. Source: “Advances & Best Practices in Supply Chain Design,” Toby Brzoznowski, LLamasoft, Ryder Innovate 2014.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

The details: 2001-Acquired Clairol for 4.9B$ 2002-Divestiture of Jif and Crisco to Smuckers–813M in Stock 2003-Acquisition of Wella for 7B$ 2005-Merger with Gilette for 57B$ 2008-Purchase of Nioxin for 300M$ 2009-Purchased Art of Shaving for 60M$ 2009-purchased ZIRH for 40M. Discontinued in 2011. A case is not a case.

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How to Earn Money Through Bitcoin!

Supply Chain Game Changer

For example, you might be familiar with the fact that bitcoin was unconfined in 2009 and was invented in 2008. August 2008. However, on the 18 th of August 2008, the domain name of bitcoin.org was registered. As per the robust sources on 31 st of October, Satoshi Nakamoto made his first public announcement regarding bitcoin.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Oil prices jumped, with Brent rising above $105 a barrel for the first time since 2014, after Russia’s attack on Ukraine exacerbated concerns about disruptions to global energy supply. In terms of trade, these are not critical, single-sourced Tier 1 inputs needed in manufacturing. Brent Rises Above $100.

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Driving domestic production of critical materials and rare earth elements

Resilinc

Not only are these minerals necessary for a wide range of products and industrial processes, they are also essential for a transition to low-carbon energy sources (along with rare earth elements). manufacturers decided to source REEs from foreign countries. Molycorp went bankrupt in 2014, selling its assets to a Chinese owned firm.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. source: thebalance.com. The law of supply and demand, coupled with other environmental and political factors, have led to two months of inflation that are higher than we have seen in 30 years (see table below). ?. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation?

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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

Resilinc

Alien invasions ( Cloverfield , 2008) and apocalyptic films ( Independence Day , 1996) are out. Historical events like Pompeii (2014) are omitted, assuming supply chains were relatively less connected way back then. A nuclear disaster, as depicted in the film, would likely result in a reassessment of nuclear power as an energy source.