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Supply Chain Brain
AUGUST 3, 2025
EU “Banana Wars” (1993–2009) provide another cautionary tale: The EU’s tariffs on Latin American bananas triggered U.S. Artificial Intelligence Quality & Metrics Sourcing/Procurement/SRM Supply Chain Security & Risk Mgmt Retail RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Similarly, the U.S.-EU
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
The company transitioned from an innovator in the 1990s to a late adopter in the last decade. While the company’s investments in manufacturing scheduling and demand sensing improved outcomes, the organization under-invested indirect procurement and network design. Yannis transitioned from the role after eight years in 2019.
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Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 11, 2014
Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). For related commentary, see Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014. At an MIT conference last year, Tom Linton, Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Flextronics, presented his top 10 list of supply chain trends. Innovating the final mile.
Talking Logistics
JULY 5, 2017
The near-infinite processing power Cloud computing provides (along with other technological innovations) will cause everyone in the supply chain and logistics field to unlearn the way we’ve always done things, everything from the way we design software applications to how we design and manage supply chain processes.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 11, 2014
We set a goal that 50% of our target would come from continuous improvement and the other half would come from breakthrough innovation and thinking. We would not have succeeded without a team effort across R&D, the business leaders, and SC disciplines of engineering, procurement, and manufacturing. Our aim was to maintain a 3 to 3.5
Supply Chain View from the Field
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
” In 2009, I moved into the supply chain area, and worked with Rob in understanding how to apply analytics with a procurement focus. In 2009 we were $2B, and suddenly had five new drugs approved in two years. We have 7000 employees and are growing into a$10B company. which is a 90 day process.
Supply Chain View from the Field
JUNE 20, 2014
The White House defines a biobased economy as follows: “A bioeconomy is one based on the use of research and innovation in the biological sciences to create economic activity and public benefit.”. The Bio-Based Economy is characterized by a new generation of environmentally friendly materials and products and economic opportunities for U.S.
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