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Crisis was inevitable according to chaos theory

Supply Chain Movement

For example, a few years ago, the logistics director of car maker Skoda proudly told me that simulation software had enabled them to figure out how to fit three car bodies into one shipping container. Simpler portfolio.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Shipping my stuff one more time.

Supply Chains Rock

After nearly two years of exciting work at IBMs Global Delivery Center in Brno, Czech Republic I am on the move again. But dont worry, Ill still be supporting this blog because after all supply chains certainly dont have boundaries and no matter what job Im in they will certainly be apart of my world. Search This Blog.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. There were approximately 220 blog posts in 2014, and over 200,000 page views on those posts alone.