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This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Kuehne + Nagel inaugurates North America’s regional Integrated Logistics Control Centre in Raleigh, NC, USA. The post This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. IAS ChassisManager Facilitates Street-Turns. FedEx to Increase Shipping Rates. Macy’s, Inc.

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New Survey Says Alignment of Supply Chain and Business Strategies Is Critical to Success

Tompkins Blog

RALEIGH, NC, April 15, 2014 — Is it important to connect your supply chain strategy with your business strategy? While global companies’ rate higher for cost reduction, inventory, customer service, and profitability, the degree of alignment is higher at North American companies. “We

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A “Swiss Army Knife” of Supply Chain Talent Requirements: Views from a Former Wolfpack Student

NC State SCRC

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. He became a director at that point, working with sales planning, inventory planning, and financial planning, and pulling together the Sales and Operations Planning team, as well as introducing new products and eliminating obsolescence. Today, we are at 5.5M

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Post-mortem on Christmas Logistics Chaos: On Customer Commitments and Transparency

NC State SCRC

“On December 10, 2014, there was a big hiccup in one of our big supply markets. We had a huge snow and ice storm in Raleigh last week. Transparency is supposed to be a virtue in such cases, right? Not always. In speaking with a large manufacturer, I learned of a story where being too quick to be transparent worked against them.

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Omni-Channel Supply Chains Are Changing Everything You Ever Learned in School…

Supply Chain View from the Field

His insights and presence were most appreciated by everyone, especially given the snowfall we were experiencing in Raleigh last night! This view of the supply chain is focused primarily on how we get inventory to the customer. Also I need the intelligence in the network to know where inventory is. Hmmmm… Marketplace.