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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. The first step was to charter a research project with the Arizona State University statistics department to analyze which combination of metrics drives the highest market capitalization. The result?

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Initially, I worked with Arizona State statistics professors and graduate students to correlate market factors to 2006-2012 data.) Lately, as I reflected on my conversations with John (fictitious name) when I was at AMR Research, I yearn to go back in time.

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

DAT Solutions

The highways are open now, but there are still flood warnings in six states: Nebraska, parts of neighboring South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, plus eastern Arizona and western Mississippi. Declining lanes included: Elizabeth, NJ to Boston dropped 38¢ to $3.81/mi. Grand Rapids to Madison jumped 22¢ to $2.58/mi. Falling Rates.

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Defining Supply Chain Excellence: One Column at a Time

Supply Chain Shaman

This work is based on a collaborative project with Arizona State University. My question for the Arizona State team was, “ How do I best define a technique that can represent the randomness of this pattern?” Samsung outperformed LG on operating margin, inventory turns and resiliency; but they are not comparable to P&G.

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Management with Intention

BlueYonder

I grew up in Tucson and lived there through college, going to the University of Arizona. I moved to Phoenix for 10 years and then across the country to Boston for nine years. My friends and I have been taking time off and visiting many of the resort spas in Arizona, almost like a ‘spa crawl.’ Where did you grow up?

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Management with Intention

BlueYonder

I grew up in Tucson and lived there through college, going to the University of Arizona. I moved to Phoenix for 10 years and then across the country to Boston for nine years. My friends and I have been taking time off and visiting many of the resort spas in Arizona, almost like a ‘spa crawl.’ Where did you grow up?

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A Guide to Shipping Personal Items Overseas

I.C.E. Transport

Shipping personal items overseas in a shipping container is much more complicated than sending them, say, from Boston to Arizona in a moving van. You also have to figure out how to move all your stuff.