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Delivery Demand Shaping: A Key Element in Enabling Profitable Same-day Delivery

Talking Logistics

It’s analogous to what made Dell so successful in the early 2000s, which Thomas Friedman describes in his book, The World is Flat : [Demand shaping] works like this: At 10 am Austin time, Dell discovers that so many customers have ordered notebooks with 40-GB hard drives since the morning that its supply chain will run short in two hours.

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The SourceDay Story with Tom Kieley

The Logistics of Logistics

Tom Kieley is the CEO and Co-Founder of SourceDay, an Austin based technology company that automates purchase order (PO) changes and enables supplier collaboration. Tom Kieley is the CEO and Co-Founder of SourceDay, an Austin based technology company that automates purchase order (PO) changes and enables supplier collaboration.

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How 20-seconds can change your life

Tailwind

” Kind of reminds me of Austin Powers, when he says “Allow myself to introduce… myself”… Lilly believed all humans are programmed biocomputers, and that we can “self-program” to create new programs and to modify old ones. John C Lilly, M.D. ​ Overcome your barriers and make a change.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 28 – October 2, 2015)

Talking Logistics

It will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland. Check out this video for a demo. Check out the website for a demo video. You can work as much or as little as you want. Amazon Flex is available now in Seattle.