Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
In a blog post Tuesday, Walmart announced its new Walmart Express Delivery service, in which customers can have rapid delivery of orders placed in the evening, with a mind-blowing promise that orders placed by 9:30 PM will somehow be delivered just 30 minutes later, by 10:00. And the clock won’t quit ticking.”
Logility
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Can you anticipate and properly plan for once in a lifetime events like last year’s Icelandic volcano, and the earthquake and subsequent tsunami earlier this year in Japan? She can be reached at blog@logility.com. How do you plan for the unimaginable? Probably not. Karin Bursa is Vice President at Logility.
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Logility
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Can you anticipate and properly plan for once in a lifetime events like last year’s Icelandic volcano, and the earthquake and subsequent tsunami earlier this year in Japan? She can be reached at blog@logility.com. How do you plan for the unimaginable? Probably not. Karin Bursa is Vice President at Logility.
Supply Chain Movement
AUGUST 10, 2021
But the next time might be an earthquake in Japan, an economic downturn due to a financial crisis, a volcano in Iceland, new trade tariff wars, or even a major global waterway closure. Of course, the pandemic was very much unchartered waters for all of us.
Supply Chain Movement
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Analyst Michael Burkett mentioned Starbucks’ Frappuccino iced coffee as a good example; it was launched successfully despite the logistics problems resulting from the volcanic eruption in Iceland plus the huge demand for the product due to the heatwave in the US at that time. www.linkedin.com/company/supply-chain-magazine.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 9, 2015
I spoke of my experience during the Icelandic ash issue. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, for Linkedin , and for Forbes. It would have helped the GM pinpoint the ignition issue and Kellogg detect the smelly packaging issue faster. Twitter enabled me to get to Europe on one of the few available seats.
Logility
MARCH 2, 2011
External factors vary from port closures due to worker strikes to natural disasters such as the recent eruptions of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull which have caused several disruptions to supply chains around the globe. She can be reached at blog@logility.com. Webcast: Inventory Management: Balancing Fast and Slow-Moving Products.
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