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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

I hopped on the plane in Baltimore on my way to Atlanta last week. He was also unaware of how to measure Forecast Value-Added, the Bullwhip impact and the health of inventory. Analyze the gaps of the prior year and define the planning taxonomy and design the optimization models to close the gap. What brings you to Atlanta?

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

BMW to Mazda Imports Slowed as Strike Shuts Baltimore Port ( Bloomberg ). The solution includes real-time delivery appointment scheduling, route optimization and execution, mobile applications and notification services, and is available in cloud-based or on-premise configurations. It should be a great week of learning and networking.

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. _. Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. The network design technologies have changed a lot in the last decade. (I Where Would I Start?

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When The Wheels Fall Off

Supply Chain Shaman

For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. Historically, most supply chain investments were for engines–bright guys built fabulous optimization code and plonked the software onto a relational database. Focus on the Form and Function of Inventory. Let me explain.