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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The KC teams in Africa, Asia Australia, and Europe are just not equal to that of their peers. I am writing this post from Egypt. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years. It is seldom a step change. How Have They Done? It is clear. Good Times Ahead.

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

I had the opportunity to work in Turkey, Egypt and in Venezuela. I spent a long time with Bechtel doing large projects all around the world including Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, and India. After that, I became vice president of projects in Southeast Asia. I then decided to go back to school. Then we all win.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. Most of the container traffic flows across the Pacific Ocean or between Europe and Asia. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86