Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Most companies push the improvement of functional measurements that throw the supply chain out of balance.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 16, 2016

In an article written in 2013, Clayton Christensen, Dina Wang and Derek van Bever, three academics from Harvard Business School, identify two factors that have contributed to sustaining this model for so long: opacity and agility. Kearney and Boston Consulting Group – is now changing. Access to knowledge. Read more …. Read more ….

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2023

Patrick’s Day Boston run, I took my son to his first concert to enjoy the Celtic-punk loudness that is the Dropkick Murphys. Scope 1 is linked to operations; Scope 2 is tied to the fuels it buys from others, and Scope 3 is associated with the supply chain. But I see one missing category: live music.

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SCM Research

MAY 31, 2013

1) Pennsylvania (Wharton), (2) Washington (Olin), (3) Carnegie Mellon (Tepper), (4) Worcester Polytechnic, (5) Michigan (Ross), (6) North Carolina State (Poole), (7) North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler), (8) Boston U., (9) Teaching Operations Management Ranking Supply Chain Management' 9) Georgia Tech (Scheller), (10) Buffalo. .: (1)

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2020

percent in 2013). Hoecker and her colleagues observe, “Decoupling would create two walled gardens in global trade: a China-allied trading bloc and supply chain, and a U.S.-allied 3] Lizzie O’Leary, “ The Modern Supply Chain Is Snapping ,” The Atlantic, 19 March 2020. [4] allied one.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Hospitals overpaying by $25 billion on their supply chains according to report. In a study conducted by Navigant, it was found that hospitals could reduce their supply chain costs by an average of 17.7%. The most efficient hospitals in the study were data driven and shared supply chain info cross departmentally.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

With corrected vision, here is the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Longshoreman Union Leader Stalls Planned Work Shutdown (WSJ – sub. Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). How did I get here? Mexico Warns U.S.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 29, 2016

In 2013, Google launched Google Express, its rendition of an online shopping and delivery service. It currently serves the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Chicago, and Washington D.C., Google’s primary supply chain strategy circles around responsiveness, with the goal of responding quickly to demand.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2013

December 2013. November 2013. October 2013. UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. Ship Mate App Finds Smooth Sailing » 12/09/2013. This past summer, she worked with Boston-based Building Excellent Schools in its Summer Leaders Program. April 2014. March 2014. February 2014. January 2014.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This year’s challenge was focused on supply chain risk management which had the participants dealing with all types of risk events such as natural disasters, strikes, supplier disruptions, theft, quality issues and high market volatility. Teams flew in from all regions of the world. Weighted ROI. United States of America. MIT Scalers.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

To date, however, Boston Consulting Group analysts assert, “Digital agriculture has not yet lived up to its potential.”[1] Freedman, “ The Truth about Genetically Modified Food ,” Scientific American, 1 September 2013. That’s not much time to make such a dramatic jump in productivity. technologies and procedures.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2020

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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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? 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. Supply Chain Operating Networks Accelerate Business Cycles. How are companies using SCONs in the real world?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. A value chain is a harmonious engine of various moving pieces that would stop dead in its tracks without a solid foundation of supplier relationships & collaboration. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Time, Money, or Things.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2015

In May, 2014 Raytheon gathered a group of its largest suppliers in Boston, MA to discuss the launch of the company’s Supplier Advisory Council. Connect your supply chain. Supply chain concepts are generally understood in a linear pattern of consecutive planning in the form of plan-source-make-distribute-return/dispose.

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EMERGE App

JANUARY 1, 2020

They have a comparative economic advantage: lower wage costs, specialized design and manufacturing skills, and a finely-tuned supply chain. In 2013 the number was four. Boston Consulting Group – Cross-Border Payments presentation by Sukand Ramachandran, Sibos, Boston 2014).

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

We first started writing about and featuring reshoring content back in September of 2013, and have since added 10 more reshoring related posts in our reshoring blog category. And, according to a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study, 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2015

It’s the last Friday of school and my kids are showing off their work this morning, so as I fill my coffee mug and get ready for the walk to school, let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Next Delivery Drone: You (WSJ – sub. The $50 Billion Question: Can Uber Deliver?

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2013

December 2013. November 2013. October 2013. UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. UCLA Anderson Hosts Local TEDWomen 2013 » 12/05/2013. The December 2013 UCLA Anderson Forecast ended the year with a New Year’s resolution for the nation: Start saving now, before it’s too late.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Yesterday we spoke about the top motivations and reasons why reshoring in America from offshored facilities has several benefits and what are the statistics of reshoring since 2013. Instead of only striving to win a giant reshoring project, Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) should endeavor to cultivate a robust supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Remembering 9/11 seems more important to me, even if it doesn’t directly relate to supply chain and logistics. Every single link in that chain must be made more secure against the terrorist threat.”. Have we succeeded in creating ‘air-tight’ supply chains? That was eight years ago. I don’t think so.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

the supply chain. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' annual State of Logistics report attempts to offer just such a map -- accompanied by some timely warnings. Concerns have been raised about possible widespread rail service failures this fall much like we saw in 2013-14. Couriers Under Threat.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

With at least 46 trans or gender non-conforming people — the majority being Black and Latinx trans women — killed this year , 2021 is on track to be the most violent year on record since the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) began tracking these crimes in 2013. Like Rita Hester.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

In 2013 the experiment was repeated and AI error dropped to 3%. Check out Supply Chain 4.0! Disruptive Technologies = Digital Supply Chain! appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Human error rated at 5% while AI at 26%. In 2015 an AI managed to almost beat the top Poker players in the U.S.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 17, 2014

In 2000, the business took off in Boston and Cambridge, and by 2002 had expanded with the opening of offices in Washington, D.C. A 2013 survey conducted by KRC Research and commissioned by Zipcar explained why the company was able to grow so quickly. i] The New York Times (2013). vi] Auto Rental News (2013).

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Post-Anderson:  I will be joining  Boston Consulting Group  (BCG) in the Los Angeles office. 2nd—the Class of 2013 students who already had a summer experience in consulting. College:  Bocconi University, Management and Economics. Pre-Business School:  Teacher at Universe Of Colors. PRE-ANDERSON.

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