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Seven Supply Chain Processes To Stop Doing In The Pandemic

Supply Chain Shaman

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, didn’t make headline news. My jaw dropped when a friend became ill in Dallas in January from a visit to Dubai. Likewise, I watched the coverage of SARS, H1N1, and Ebola from my TV screen. As the COVID-19 saga unfolded, this was my mental model.

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o9 Solutions and Supply Chain Insights With LKQ Europe Reveal Significant Supply Chain Planning Improvements Following the First-Ever Pilot to Test Outside-In Planning

o9 Solutions

Founded in February 2012 by Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights LLC is in its tenth year of operation. After testing outside-in supply chain planning concepts via Project Zebra, LKQ Europe realized a 17.3% increase in forecast value add and reduced impact from the bullwhip effect. LKQ also holds a minority interest in MEKO Group.

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Industry Leaders Partner with o9 Solutions to Support Executives on their Digital Transformation Journeys

o9 Solutions

DALLAS РFebruary 22, 2021 Рo9 Solutions, the leading AI-powered Integrated Business Planning ( IBP ) platform, boosts the thought leadership within its network with former leaders from JFE Steel and Nestl̩.

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What happened to all the Texas freight?

DAT Solutions

Regional van markets like Dallas and Memphis —which send freight to Houston—seem to be impacted by the slowdown in oil drilling as well. Houston market load-to-truck ratios from 2012 to present. Drilling in the Permian Basin around Midland, TX , has slowed.

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LTL Carrier Profile: Old Dominion

The Logistics of Logistics

in sales (estimated 2012). With the deregulation of the trucking industry in the 1980s, Old Dominion extended its service area into Florida, Tennessee and California and also started serving the major markets of Chicago and Dallas. LTL Carrier Profile: Old Dominion. Old Dominion has 6% of the less than truckload (LTL) market.