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Scaling a FreightTech Business with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

In June 2009, he became certified as an APICS CSCP. Automated Freight Procurement & Sourcing: Efficiently match loads with carriers for the best available rates. In 2017, Mark was awarded the Supply Chain and Demand Chain Executive “Pro To Know”. Mark earned a B.S. in Transportation and Logistics from Arkansas State University.

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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. One US-based ToolsGroup manufacturing customer sources parts from several Chinese and Italian suppliers.

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A time of transition: 3 key trends for oil & gas in 2018

DELMIA Quintiq

Natural gas is a suitable source of energy to fuel the need for heat and the power, making it an influential player on the market. Low carbon sources and natural gas meet 85% of the increase in global demand. Sources: Information from presentations IP Week (International Petroleum 2018). NATURAL GAS. FUEL FOR FUTURE.

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What is Economic Order Quantity & its Advantages

SCMDOJO

Author : Emad Atef – CSCA, MBA (Candidate), Procurement and Sourcing Manager. Bixby Cooper , 3rd edition (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009), 164; Michael H. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009. So, if you are a supply chain professional and apply this model in your industry, you have to review the results of your planning efficiency.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. source: thebalance.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! War on Terror.

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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better

Supply Chain Shaman

The period of 2007-2008 was the downturn of the recession while the period of 2009-2013 marked the recovery. The source of this data is a syndicated data provider of public reporting termed “Y-Charts.”). Days of Inventory Peer Group Across Time Periods.

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Pretty Is as Pretty Does?

Supply Chain Shaman

The package and the process of package development is a major source of corporate waste. It is a major supply chain constraint, and the source of many product recalls. To compare, in 2009, shortly after the release of the Wal-Mart scorecards, in a similar study, it was 39%. Here we share the results. Interest is increasing.