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An Observation on Corporate and Societal Resiliency and the Strength of the Human Spirit

Enterra Insights

This was the same ensemble of people that I encountered in the Middle East and in Iraq during the Iraq War. The photograph accompanying this article shows some of the Ukrainian children who are enrolled in Polish schools. There were also many foreign businesspeople, such as me, doing business in Warsaw.

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SCRC Supply Chain Index contributes again to the 2021 Wall Street Journal Top 250 Best Managed Companies

NC State SCRC

In an earlier article this year in the WSJ , the Drucker Index prepared a list of companies best able to “weather the storm” of supply chain disruptions. Not that there is anything wrong with that. However, during our current state of supply chain shortages, there are definitely some benefits to owning your own supply chains!

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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

However, the made-for-TV movie drama Taking Chance (2009), which is based on a true story, recounts the complex – and for the accompanying officer often frustrating – task of transporting the body of an American soldier killed in Iraq back to his home town in the USA. This article was first published in Supply Chain Movement 14 – Q3 2014.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

In the article, Mary continues, “ Old theories can survive for a while. While we all need to thank-you for helping us to remain free and safe within our borders, for the supply chain leader, it is great to see that something good came out of the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. The answer lay in reimagining medicine.

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Looking Ahead: Ukraine Reconstruction

Enterra Insights

In a previous article, I noted, “Supporters of democracy will have their commitment and their patience tested as the Long War continues. They explain, “As waste in Afghanistan and Iraq showed, reconstruction may fail if donors lack coherent strategies or projects are not sustainable or are prone to corruption.

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Remembering 9/11

Enterra Insights

Those efforts kept us initially busy in the world of national intelligence, but, over time, we were pulled in the direction of stabilizing Iraq, and that’s where our joint idea of Development-in-a-Box entered the picture.”. Our work in Iraq was both interesting and frustrating; however, it’s a story best-told in a separate article.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. The WSJ also published an article about Sealed Air Corporation’s new iBubble Wrap.