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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As I highlighted in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2013 , tablets and smartphones are quickly becoming the preferred computing platform for business professionals, which is why technology providers are designing and optimizing their applications for these devices. Song of the Week: “Miracle Mile” by Cold War Kids.

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Multi-Sector Integrated Business Planning/S&OP Summit: Going?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

You are right; the last one really is fiction in the context of 2013/14 and Mr. Moyes. Pizza Hut – the well known fast food outlet started by Dan & Frank Carney that has grown from having one store in Wichita, Kansas to being the world’s largest restaurant company. What slice of planning excellence will you choose to take away?

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Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

The Dutch Delta Program Commissioner used analytics to prevent flooding and was recognized with the 2013 Edelman Award. Angel Flight West is in Santa Monica, one of the other groups is in Kansas City, and there are others in Long Island and Florida who will use it. Eventually, a dozen people will use the AIMMS platform.

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XX and XY: A Different World in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

There was no line in the bathroom at the Kansas City CLM conference in 2001, but there will be at the CSCMP conference in San Antonio in 2013. In my opinion—it is a very biased opinion, I admit—the role of women in the workforce in supply chain has come sooooooooooo far during the time of my career.

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Can you WFH & Walk?

NC State SCRC

Consider whether or not you would see such opportunities by looking at charts and graphs… The gymnast’s turnaround Alan Mulally was figuratively and literally a gymnast (at least during his time at the University of Kansas). A startup named “ Gemba ” is hoping to solve this vexing problem using Virtual Reality (VR).

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Pull Your Own Upset

Tompkins Blog

In 2011 Virginia Commonwealth shocked Kansas. Florida Gulf Coast made Georgetown uncomfortable in a 2013 game. In 2010 Butler overthrew Kansas State and Syracuse. Lesson learned: intimidation works. Virginia unleashed a full court press to take an early 18 point lead, and then kept pouring it on.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

The US manufacturing sector employed 12 million workers in 2013, or about 8.8 percent more than similar workers in the rest of the economy in 2012–2013. million workers in 2013, 8.8 The top 10 states ranked by manufacturing’s share of total state employment in 2013 are Indiana (16.8 percent, 136,700 jobs), and Kansas (11.9