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This Week in Logistics News (March 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Here’s the news that caught my attention this week: January 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index – February 2015. business inventories flat, inventory-to-sales ratio highest since 2009 (Reuters). percent, the biggest decline since March 2009, after falling 1.0 percent in December.

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

Talking Logistics

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). million bbl/d in 2015.” . If you want that oil, that’s what you will have to pay for it.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 19-23, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Manhattan Associates Reports Record Third Quarter 2015 Performance. Ryder Reports Record Third Quarter 2015 Results. Funding for the Highway Trust Fund is set to expire next Thursday, October 29th, and for the 35th time since 2009, Congress is expected to pass yet another short-term extension. ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rose 0.7%

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Edgar Beers from Vanderlande named as Supply Chain Professional 2015

Supply Chain Movement

The Director Global Supply Chain & CPO of Vanderlande Industries fought off the two other formidable finalists, Edith van Erp-Slot (Mars Nederland) and Peter Meyer (Brezan Automaterialen), to clinch the title of Supply Chain Professional of the Year 2015 on Wednesday 10 June 2015. The 2015 finalists. Previous winners.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 30 – December 4, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Back in January 2014, I spoke with one of Oz Development’s customers, Jordan Kivelstadt, founder and CEO of Free Flow Wines , a pioneer in the “wine on tap” movement that Jordan and his partner launched in 2009. And with that, have a happy weekend! Song of the Week: “Mountain At My Gates” by Foals.

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What is Economic Order Quantity & its Advantages

SCMDOJO

Bixby Cooper , 166; Sunil Chopra, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, Global Edition: Strategy, Planning, and Operation (Boston: Pearson, 2015), 273; Heizer, Operations Management , 507. Bixby Cooper , 3rd edition (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009), 164; Michael H. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Bowersox, David J.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, in this post, we provide you with some insights for the period of 2006-2015. The analysis is for two time periods: 2006-2015 and 2009-2015. In Figure 2, we share the average results by industry peer group for each metric and contrast the average value of 2006 to 2015. A Look at History. Resiliency.