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Target and Amazon Sharpen Their Delivery Weapons

Talking Logistics

In December 2013, the Wall Street Journal reported that Home Depot planed to spend “at least $300 million on supply chain, technology and online improvements in the fiscal year that begins in February [2014], including building new fulfillment centers and overhauling its warehouse technology systems” to enable same-day shipping and delivery of orders. (..)

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SCM Best Paper Award Winners 2014

SCM Research

This year, the CSCMP’s Annual Global Conference 2014 was held in San Antonio, Texas. The Educators’ Conference, which provides academics and students a forum to hear the latest in our research field, has become an integral part of it. Congratulations to all the winners. You have made a great job! Corsi, T.M., 2012.12.002.

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Tweet chat: Improving supply chain for 2014

DELMIA Quintiq

What are your plans for managing supply chain complexity in 2014? Discuss your answers to these questions at our upcoming Twitter chat happening on November 28, 2013 at 12pm CET. Is it time to invest in new tools? How do you plan on addressing forecasting and demand sensing next year? What upcoming trends will you be leveraging?

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SCM Map Europe 2013-2014

Supply Chain Movement

SCM Map Europe 2013. Visuals 2013 Buck Consultants International distribution Manufacturing SCM Map Europe Supply Chain Movement' . >>Please click on the red button and fill in the fields to activate the green download button. Please fill in the following fields to activate the download button.

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Holiday 2014: How to Avoid Last Year’s Disaster

The Network Effect

It’s no secret that Holiday 2013 was a disaster for final delivery. Are we fully prepared to tackle Holiday 2014 in a better way? The final delivery capacity problem for Holiday 2014 does not result in a solution to the Holiday 2013 problem. What is your Holiday 2014 plan? The Network Effect'

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Associate Professor Andrea Eisfeldt Receives 2013 Smith Breeden.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

April 2014. March 2014. February 2014. January 2014. December 2013. November 2013. October 2013. Kimberly Freeman (02) Joins UCLA Anderson As Assistant Dean for Diversity Initiatives and Community Relations » 01/17/2014. Posted by Paul Feinberg on 01/17/2014 at 09:26 AM | Permalink.

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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

That was my opening question to the executives attending last month’s Elemica reveal 2014 Conference in Frankfurt. Meanwhile, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2013, going from worst to first in one year — and then back to worst in 2014. What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common?