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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. Both companies outperformed their peer groups.

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What is Economic Order Quantity & its Advantages

SCMDOJO

Economic order quantity is one of the “most commonly used inventory-control techniques”. The objectives and advantages of Economic Order Qty (EOQ) are to minimize inventory carrying costs and ordering costs while simultaneously limiting the probability of stock out to avoid any lost sales or customer loss. Boston: Pearson, 2015.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 21-25, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Looking ahead, Costello is concerned “about the high level of inventories throughout the supply chain [that] could have a negative impact on truck freight volumes over the next few months.”. Manto] remembers the first time she saw a GoPro wearable camera at a trade show in 2010. Despite the dip last month, tonnage was up 3.3%

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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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Where Do We Go From Here? Taking a Look at the 2016 State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

2015 was a different year for the logistics industry. percent annually between 2010 and 2014. Yet, the CAGR of 2015 fell by 2 percent. percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of 2015. trillion in 2015, compared to $2.15 Inventories are a major issue analyzed by the 2016 SOL as well. made up only 7.85

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Champions of Sustainability: Tim Cook

QAD

My intuition already knew that joining Apple was a once in a lifetime opportunity to work for the creative genius and to be on the executive team that could resurrect a great American company,” he said during a commencement speech he gave at Auburn University in 2010. Contributions to Manufacturing Sustainability.

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BR Williams’ ISO 9001 Certification Journey: ISO 9001 Quality Management Certified

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

We started our Logistics Division in 2010, which became its own L.L.C. This business unit was the most recent to receive an ISO 9001:2015 certification. In this blog post, we will take you through the significance of ISO 9001:2015 certification for BR Williams. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BR Williams Trucking in 2020.

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