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Ryder’s Freight Market Update with Kevin Clonch

The Logistics of Logistics

Kevin joined Ryder in October 2015 and led Ryder’s outsourced transportation procurement activity as senior director. About Kevin Clonch Kevin Clonch is the group director of customer logistics for Ryder System, Inc. Today, his focus is on our freight brokerage operations where he has driven explosive growth over the past 3 years.

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

Supply Chain Movement

Multimodal 2015. Government/Military. Date: 28 – 30 April 2014. Venue: NEC Birmingham. Organiser: Clarion Events. URL: www.multimodal.org.uk. Entering its eighth year, Multimodal has grown to become the UK and Ireland’s premier freight transport and logistics event. Wholesalers. Manufacturers. Food Growers & Processors.

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Is the Metaphor of War Appropriate in a Business Setting?

Enterra Insights

As one might expect, the term “war game” finds it genesis in the military. Mankins and Lori Sherer, “ Creating value through advanced analytics ,” Bain Brief, 11 February 2015. [6] A war game involves a model or simulation. Naval War College. [4] 5] Michael C. 6] Thomas Schelling, “The role of war games and exercises.”

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Global Independence: Reimagining the “What if Scenario”

NC State SCRC

Incidentally, back in 2015, Resilinc were already fully engaged in this type of discussion with an article published on the theme: How Can Sun Tzu’s The Art of War Help Your Supply Chain Resiliency Planning?

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Lifting the Fog of Supply Chain Transformation

Enterra Insights

Military people are familiar with the term “fog of war.” ” The term is often attributed to the Prussian military strategist, Carl von Clausewitz, who wrote, “War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty.

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Total Disruption: On the Horizon (Part 1)

The Network Effect

The US Air Force had similar problems with its ERP implementation, and in 2012 shut its Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) project, after 10 years and $1 billion dollars in which the Air Force gained “no significant military capability.” Not according to a 2015 survey conducted by Panorama Consulting.

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Doing Business in Thailand

QAD

Thailand’s 63 paved airports moved 2,134,149,001 mt-km of freight in 2015. In the years since 2005, Thailand has endured much political unrest including a military coup in 2006. With its central location in Asia and robust air infrastructure, Thailand is well-positioned to move goods by air. Political Landscape.

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