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Taking the Hill

Supply Chain Shaman

When this happens, proxy metrics like Return on Assets (ROA), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Days of Payables (DOP), Material Costs, Transportation Costs or Sales and General Administrative Costs (SG&A) can be discussed and trade-offs can be made easily cross-functionally. Functional metrics in isolation degrade value.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… CMA CGM to acquire NOL, reinforcing its position in global shipping. Amazon Buys Thousands of Its Own Truck Trailers as Its Transportation Ambitions Grow (Re/code). SAP Launches Enhanced Supply Chain Execution Software for Faster Logistics Planning.

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. I strongly feel that if I am going to cover the global supply chain that I need to experience it. Today, I unpacked my bags.

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

Participants also attended the Innovation Showcase in Nelson Hall,, featuring two winning supply chain teams in the undergraduate and graduate divisions! Education is the best medicine against having your job “robofied! ” Tim Barnes, who has written in this blog in the past, was our next speaker.

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Biden’s Executive Order on Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: A Reality Check…

NC State SCRC

David Ricardo, a famous British political economist, first wrote about the concept of comparative advantage in his book “On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation” in 1817. Collaboration between nations ground to a standstill, as leaders frightened by scarcity began stockpiling supplies, and forbidding exports of key materials.