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How Military Service Helped Me See Beyond Assumptions — and Embrace Differences

BlueYonder

For several months, I had been tossing around the idea of joining the military. I wasn’t the stereotypical recruit; I had no overwhelming sense of patriotism, if anything it was the opposite, and no long and storied history of generations of my family serving in the military.

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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Now, the greatest risk they face has shifted to the regional instabilities due to military conflict and the geopolitical and economic uncertainties it has created. Already, oil prices have reached their highest levels since 2014 and are expected to continue to rise. That system has influenced production systems across the globe.

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Multimodal 2015 – Advanced Supply Chain Management and Logistics for Cargo Owners

Supply Chain Movement

Date: 28 – 30 April 2014. In 2014, more than 7,000 high-calibre visitors attended. Government/Military. To see the list of companies that visited in 2014, please click here. Multimodal 2015. Venue: NEC Birmingham. Organiser: Clarion Events. URL: www.multimodal.org.uk. Wholesalers. Manufacturers. Agents/Distributors.

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America Needs a Tune-up for Its Innovation Engine

Enterra Insights

A report published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) notes, “Countries that can harness the current wave of innovation, mitigate its potential disruptions, and capitalize on its transformative power will gain economic and military advantages over potential rivals.”[3] ” Concluding thoughts. … U.S.

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Anatomy of Agility

MIT Supply Chain

Two areas that are steeped in the study of agility and change management emerged: military science and sports science. Combat troops must deal with constant and, frequently, dramatic change, so it came as no surprise that military strategists have put agility under the microscope. Subscribe for free to Frontiers here.

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USDA Funds NC State Study: Integrating North Carolina’s small farmers and producers in the global food supply chain

Supply Chain View from the Field

In doing so, we are engaging students, a cross-disciplinary team of faculty, growers, producers, the military, distributors, and retailers to better understand how we can collaboratively solve this problem of integrating the “small guy” in the global food supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

military should start training our soldiers and military police to run the West Coast ports in the ever-more-likely event ILWU workers will go on strike this summer when the current agreement expires June 30, 2014. I wonder if the U.S. And with that, have a happy weekend! Song of the Week: “Kick” by INXS.