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Friends with Fitbits: Fitness tracking and taking supply chain planning to the next level

DELMIA Quintiq

As one of its many programs, it initiated the “2015 Going the Distance Challenge” here in North America. In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. Our parent company, Dassault Systèmes, places great emphasis on the health and wellbeing of its 14,000+ employees. It became a habit.

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Good Safety is Good Business at the LogiChem 2015 Conference

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Last week’s 2015 LogiChem conference was held in Philadelphia, PA, the birthplace of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. The capacity crunch in North America has led to rising transportation costs, while new tank car regulations will bring significant challenges in the years to come.

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Three Tough Headlines: What Can We Learn?

Supply Chain Shaman

He advised that it will take an average of three additional weeks for container unloading for the west coast ports throughout 2015. Three weeks is substantial and may tip the hand to reshore more manufacturing into North America. 2014 was not a good year for the western ports. Here at home, things are busy.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The race for excellence will be won on other continents than North America and mainland Europe. …I hope that this exuberance spills over to North America to rethink the port systems. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years.

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Novo Nordisk: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015. Performance and Improvement within the Pharmaceutical Industry for 2009-2015. The patterns are circular. Understanding What Drives Supply Chain Excellence.

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Friends with Fitbits: Fitness Tracking and Taking Supply Chain Planning to the Next Level

Talking Logistics

As one of its many programs, it initiated the “2015 Going the Distance Challenge” here in North America. In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. Our parent company, Dassault Systèmes, places great emphasis on the health and wellbeing of its 14,000+ employees. It became a habit.

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My Take: LLamasoft Buys Barloworld Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Shaman

LLamasoft acquired the LogicTools assets from IBM in the spring of 2015.) The current company is stronger in North America than Europe. Barloworld, a South African software provider, was attempting to enter the North American market. This is LLamasoft’s second acquisition within a year.