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

Talking Logistics

“We will see $300 a barrel — or roughly $250 in today’s dollars — because oil supply will be so short. 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 million bbl/d in 2015.” .

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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. Robinson Drives Efficiencies for Global Proppant Supply Chains. business inventories flat, inventory-to-sales ratio highest since 2009 (Reuters).

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Edgar Beers from Vanderlande named as Supply Chain Professional 2015

Supply Chain Movement

Edgar Beers has been chosen as the new figurehead of Dutch supply chain management. Beers was tremendously proud and happy that he had taken the risk of showing what he regards as a ‘progressive supply chain’. Meanwhile the team prize, a management game to play with the entire supply chain team, was courtesy of PwC.

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Novo Nordisk: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Each year at Supply Chain Insights we study performance and improvement of companies in each industry. The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015. A Closer Look at Results.

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What is Economic Order Quantity & its Advantages

SCMDOJO

Like safety stock calculations , EOQ is one of the most important equations in supply chain planning. With the rise of COVID-19, the supply chain in is facing a huge challenge in the lead time. Bowersox, Supply Chain Logistics Management. Lysons, Procurement & Supply Chain Management, 9th Ed. ,

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Executing Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

(Included in this post is Cummins’ digital award for the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire. I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. All too often supply chain leaders are good at high level vision, but weak at connecting the vision to execution.

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

Talking Logistics

With no time to spare, let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Web-Shopping Deluge Boxes In Landlords (WSJ – sub. Manhattan Associates Reports Record Third Quarter 2015 Performance. Ryder Reports Record Third Quarter 2015 Results. in September.