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Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus cannot be about only continuous improvement of existing processes. Culturally companies need to bridge the difference between a traditional focus on continuous improvement and the need to drive a disruption. Analytics Techniques for Supply Chain 2030. It cannot be tackled as an evolution.

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Evolution of B2B Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

As shown in Figure 2, buyers and suppliers push continuous improvement, and Kaizen events, in supplier development programs over B2B programs. To build this model, I flew to Arizona to develop it with Carol Ptak of the Demand-Driven Institute. The relationships are buy/sell. Building Supply Chain Talent and Leadership.

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Time for a Mea Culpa?

Supply Chain Shaman

They have a goal to be agile and aligned; however, their continuous improvement processes are making steady improvement on an efficient supply chain model that is anything but agile or aligned. Yet, I see us driving continuous improvement programs to get more efficient at doing what we do today.

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The Benefits of Evolved Vendor Managed Inventory Model Led by Web-Based VMI

GlobalTranz

When I was Materials Manager at Maricopa County, Arizona, the second largest county in the country, I introduced Vendor Managed Inventory. Cutting the Right Costs with Technology by Sourcing Innovation. So, I hope the next article explains the evolved VMI model.” ” Vendor Managed Inventory Model: A Quick Back Story.

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2015 Truckload Contract Rates Rise, as Spot Rates Fall

DAT Solutions

Fracking activities were curtailed, and the drilling equipment and materials of 2014 disappeared, freeing up rail, intermodal and flatbed capacity, and removing an alternative source of employment opportunity for would-be truck drivers. Analysts predicted that consumers would boost the economy by spending the money they had saved at the pump.

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50 expert tips on logistics planning and strategy

6 River Systems

” — William Verdini, associate professor and chairman of the Supply Chain Management Department at Arizona State University’s Carey School of Business, as quoted in The Importance of Education in Supply Chain Management , Reliable Plant; Twitter: @NoriaCorp.