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This Week in Logistics News (February 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Reports 2012 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results. LLamasoft Introduces Supply Chain Sherpa Mobile Design and Visualization Modeling Tool. Cass Freight Index Report – January 2013. Robinson and Con-way both reported Q4 and full-year 2012 results this week. percent in Q4 2012. Con-way Inc.

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Should We Celebrate this Marriage?

Supply Chain Shaman

E2open’s initial public offering, pushed with great ballyhoo was in July 2012. I celebrated a supply chain IPO. To create a standard electronic booking system for the ocean freight industry. Does it connect planning with dramatic improvement to supply chain execution? My dilemma? I am a skeptic.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Disney 'Imagineers' a Supply.

Supply Chains Rock

Without supply chains consumers would be stuck using products that they had to make or grow with their own two hands. Thursday, July 12, 2012. Disney ‘Imagineers’ a Supply Chain Port Closer to Home. ‘Imagineering’ a Supply Chain. ‘Imagineering’ a Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Movement 22 – Logistics Outsourcing

Supply Chain Movement

8 | Snapshots: Launch Supply Chain Executive Club. these are the main conclusions from supply Chain movement’s annual study as the basis for the 3pl Subway Map Europe 2016, which shows the specific services of the most important logistics service providers. Winner of last quarter: Unilever. 12 | 3PL Subway Map.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Covid-19’s Impact on the Supply Chain Crisis. Supply Chain Brain ).

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

At the same time, though, supply chain costs rose by more than $75 million. Supply Chain Cost Reduction Challenges: When the supply chain executive team began investigating the rising costs and supply chain performance issues, they found that service was indeed falling short of expectations.

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Supply Chain Management:The Role of Information Sharing in.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « Order Fulfillment From The Dark Stores | Main | Use of Rapid Application Development methodologies for Supply Chain Execution package implementations » The Role of Information Sharing in Global Supply Chain Operations.