Locus

MARCH 30, 2023

As the American baseball league is about to begin, let us remind ourselves of the one book that transformed baseball, sports, and even business management in the past two decades, “The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” by Michael Lewis. You can easily relate to the movie that was inspired by this book- Moneyball.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This predicament reminds me of the situation faced by Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane and his quant-jock sidekick Bill James in 2002, when the New York Yankees were spending $140M a year on players to the A’s $40M. Throw in a Michael Lewis book and a Brad Pitt movie, and you have Moneyball.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

MARCH 25, 2015

A while back, the film “Moneyball” showed us how the Oakland A’s built a super-competitive sports franchise on analytics, essentially “ competing on analytics ”, within relevant business parameters of a major league baseball franchise. It’s baseball season again!

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

USDA funding supports Port of Oakland pop-up container yard. Earlier this week, the Port of Oakland said it is defraying its rising costs through new funding from the U.S. In addition, the USDA is offering a $125 incentive to pick up an empty dry container used for agricultural bookings. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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QAD

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The book and movie, Moneyball tells the story of how Billy Beane , the General Manager for the Oakland Athletics, utilized a rogue statistical strategy to get the maximum value out of his minuscule baseball team budget.

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Locus

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Even more baffling, a package meant for Oakland, CA, ends up in Emeryville, CA, all because of a shared ZIP code (94608). One of its standout features is the delivery-linked checkout, synchronized with capacity-based slot bookings. These mishaps occur when warehouse executives handle a staggering number of orders every hour.

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Freightera

AUGUST 8, 2019

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 30, 2018

In the movie, the new coach of the Oakland A’s baseball team uses analytics to build his organization from the ground up. Contribution to growth (save money before we book the job), Purchasing volume (can click on division and drill down into it based on volume going to small business, p-card volume, etc.).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

Those most expensive ports are New York, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Savannah, as ranked by the fees imposed on US shippers by container lines. Also, if you are lucky to book a slot on a vessel you then have to locate an empty container which can be in the hinterland.” This is not normal.

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