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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. source: tradingeconomics.com. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation? It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management! Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act. Debt ceiling crisis.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Will Chu, CEO at Vector!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Seasoned Leadership in Action – Our 2020 All Stars! I, along with my fellow co-founders, enjoy tackling problems at hand, and have been tackling them together since 2009. From 2009 to 2015, in the midst of a national recession, I served as Director, and later VP, of Engineering at Addepar, a wealth management platform.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

Three years later, he stayed with his $300-a-barrel prediction, but shifted the timeframe to 2020 (see the CBS News article, Another $300 Oil Prediction — and Why This One Matters ). Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). For related commentary, see Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014.

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International Women’s Day 2022

Enterra Insights

Ghez [2020]). Yonath [2009]; Frances Arnold [2018]; Emmanuelle Charpentier [2020]; and Jennifer Doudna [2020]. Yonath [2009]; Frances Arnold [2018]; Emmanuelle Charpentier [2020]; and Jennifer Doudna [2020]. Buck [2004]; Françoise Barré-Sinoussi [2008]; Elizabeth Blackburn [2009]; Carol W.

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L’Oreal: A Beautiful Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. We studied this pre and post-recession.

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The Internet of Things and the Retail Industry

C3 Solutions

From a term that came into use in 2009, the Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long way in 10 years. Top analyst firm Gartner estimated that there would be 26 billion connected items by 2020, while Frost & Sullivan suggested the number would be more like 50 billion. in 2014 to just 4 cents in 2019. Learn more about it now!

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Sales and Operations Alignment: Often The Missing Link

Supply Chain Shaman

Orbit Chart Comparing Syngenta and Monsanto Progress on the Effective Frontier – Balancing Inventory Turns and Operating Margin for the Period of 2005-2014. He led the team during the period of 2007-2009. Race for Supply Chain 2020. Orbit Chart of Syngenta and Monsanto of Progress on Operating Margin and Inventory Turns.