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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals. GMS is a team of nine people based in Rotterdam, Shanghai and Minneapolis. Which book has inspired you the most and why? “I

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

With a headquarters in Minneapolis, MN, the supply chain supports 600 stores in 50 states. The process design started with the customer and then mapped back to manufacturing and transportation. This book, now in its seventh year of publication, is a compilation of my best-read blog posts from the prior year. We Give to You.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9-13, 2017)

Talking Logistics

It’s what I did when I worked in a small cubicle and dreamed of being my own boss someday (and what I continue to do as I dream about disrupting myself, about helping to find a cure for type 1 diabetes , about finally writing that book in my head). Federal Judge Deals Swift Transportation Legal Setback (WSJ – sub. Alphabet Inc.’s

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

It already has opened nine, after testing the concept in its hometown of Minneapolis. As electric trucks hit the road, environmentally conscious shippers and customers are turning to electrified capacity to meet their transportation needs and achieve their sustainability commitments. The expansion will also grow Target’s workforce.