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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

The selection of metrics is based on prior work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, correlate to market capitalization and price to book value. Companies can win with an IT standardization policy. Why do we spend four months doing this?

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Two Indices of Supply Chain Activity Noting Supply Chain Volatility Trending

Supply Chain Matters

Our stated takeaway from for the Q1 data was that indices were no longer reflecting the optimism indicated in February, and instead that of growing headwinds and added geopolitical concerns related to effects of the Ukraine conflict and China’s potential economic stumble as a result of a strict COVID-19 isolation policy.

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Seven Misconceptions on Managing Inventory in a Market-Driven World

Supply Chain Shaman

We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. Instead, it needs to be based on the requirements of customer policy and the supply chain strategy. At Supply Chain Insights , this is our passion. Inventory should never be managed to a financial target.

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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. ” — Keely L.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

million metric tons of steel won’t be subject to a tariff, and any steel beyond that will be subject to a 25 percent duty. Earlier this week, TuSimple announced that one of its fully autonomous semi-trucks completed an 80-mile run in Arizona. The Arizona Department of Transportation and law enforcement officials supervised the trip.