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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

Business Administration, The Ohio State University About Reliance Partners Founded in 2009, Reliance Partners is the fastest growing (organic) insurance agency in the United States with premiums having grown from $95 million in 2018 to nearly $500 million today. Mark earned a B.S.,

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Editor’s Choice: Singles Day – A Retail Revolution

Logistics Viewpoints

11 th in 2009 and subsequently adopted by other e-commerce platforms and retailers. In the past the event was only held on Nov.11 This year’s event featured two sales windows on Nov.1-3 Double 11 witnesses record-breaking online sales. 1-3 and Nov.11.

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Using Digital Supply Chain Planning to Respond to Market-Changing Disruptions like COVID-19

ToolsGroup

Gartner research shows that companies that continued to increase earnings while others declined in 2009 and 2010 were those that were able to keep their foot on the gas through the downturn because they had planned responses in advance. The real world rarely follows the rules–the Coronavirus is more evidence of this reality.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

They used the work built together in 2004-2009 to build a course with Georgia Tech for executive training.) Event companies in the industry do the practice a disservice by taking money from technologists and creating superficial narratives to help technologies sell more tech. The event is designed for extreme networking.

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Highlights from the BGSA Conference with Ben Gordon

The Logistics of Logistics

Ben Gordon and Joe Lynch discuss highlights from the BGSA Conference , an annual event designed to bring together top industry leaders from all segments of the supply chain and provides an intimate and candid setting where CEOs and leaders can privately network and explore ideas with their peers.

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Citations of Excellence Awards 2013

SCM Research

I went through the list of 50 awarded papers and discovered two papers which I think are particularly relevant to our field. First, a paper by Lawson et al. First, a paper by Lawson et al. Petersen, K.J., Cousins, P.D., & Handfield, R.B. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 26 (2), 156-172 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2009.00343.x.

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The Secret Sauce with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

In June 2009, he became certified as an APICS CSCP. Emerge is custom built for freight RFP events and as a result the process is streamlined, easy, and saves shippers time and money. Vice President of Operations, as well as experience with J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. and Penske Logistics. Mark earned a B.S. About Emerge.