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Subscription First Fulfillment with Paul Jarrett

The Logistics of Logistics

About Paul Jarrett Paul Jarrett is a multifaceted individual who wears many hats including father, husband, CEO, entrepreneur, innovator, athlete, and speaker. Founded in 2012 by husband-and-wife team, Paul and Stephanie Jarrett, Bulu initially started as a health and wellness product sample Subscription Box company.

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Best-Cost vs. Least-Cost Sourcing

Talking Logistics

Back in December 2012, for example, Apple announced that it is investing $100 million to build some of its Mac products in the US. A month later, Walmart announced that it will increase its sourcing of US products by $50 billion over the next 10 years. One is the thought process around best-cost sourcing versus least-cost sourcing.

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Qualcomm’s Answer to the Chip Shortage and Digital Transformation Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

For Qualcomm, it is all about innovation. The solution was implemented in 2012 in order to deliver a comprehensive sales and operations planning (S&OP) solution that was able to move into execution with high integrity. That’s not exactly an easy question to answer. Qualcomm also faced a raw material shortage.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition of Form and Function of Inventory: Source Supply Chain Insights. IBM, in contrast, purchased over fifteen supply chain acquisitions but drove little innovation. I tell technology leaders, that IBM is the company where innovations go to die. Software mergers & acquisitions also slowed innovation.

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Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014

Talking Logistics

The value of peer-to-peer learning and networking was evident at last month’s Ryder Innovate conference — “an exclusive gathering of senior leaders in transportation, logistics, and supply chain seeking strategic insight, new ideas, and thought leadership to improve their supply chain and fleet operations.”

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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. Breaking it down In the U.S.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

A forum was great for networking but not for driving process innovation. For example, client-server to cloud architectures offered great promise for process innovation, but companies just moved their processes without asking how to drive new levels of value from technology. I wanted to help companies drive step-changes in performance.

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