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This Week in Logistics News (July 27 – August 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

It’s a sad day here in Boston – the capital of Red Sox nation. Our beloved baseball team managed to go from last place in 2012 to World Series champs in 2013, only to fall back to last place in 2014. To add insult to injury, the Red Sox basically sold off half the team […].

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The Future of Global Trade

Enterra Insights

In July 2020, Analysts from the Boston Consulting wrote, “The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered perhaps the greatest shocks to international trade since the Great Depression. ” Time Management Ninja Blog, 17 September 2012. [2] ” Time Management Ninja Blog, 17 September 2012. [2] jobs are dependent upon trade.[4].

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This Week in Logistics News (February 29 – March 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

It’s an interesting and unsettling time to be a Boston sports fan. And that number could be even higher when you factor in those near misses of the 2007, 2010, and 2017 Patriots, 2012-2013 and […]. As I’ve noted on here a number of times, we are living in an era of winning that is unprecedented.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Initially, I worked with Arizona State statistics professors and graduate students to correlate market factors to 2006-2012 data.) Lately, as I reflected on my conversations with John (fictitious name) when I was at AMR Research, I yearn to go back in time.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As I write this, the greater Boston area (including where I live) is in lockdown as the police hunt for the second suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings (the first suspect was killed overnight). SAP reported that total revenues and net profit increased 7 percent and 17 percent, respectively, in Q1 2013 compared to Q1 2012.

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Jerome Dubois of 6 River Systems named a 2019 supply chain Pro to Know

6 River Systems

Before launching 6 River Systems, Dubois directed global sales at Kiva Systems, which was acquired by Amazon Robotics in 2012. 6 River Systems was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 2015 by Jerome Dubois, Rylan Hamilton and Chris Cacioppo. Jerome Dubois. About 6 River Systems.

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. The research project analyzed 1200 combinations of 180 metrics for four hundred companies for the period of 2010-2012. Heavily booked and running from meeting to meeting, I was late.

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