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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

The oppressive heatwave is passing in Pennsylvania. Ten years ago, one of my favorite clients, Joe, challenged me to make the research more accessible, which led me to compile the blog posts annually into an e-book. (He I share it here on Flipping Book (an e-book format viewer). I hope this blog helps. Have a great week!

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Putting Supply Chains on Autopilot with Ali Raza

The Logistics of Logistics

Ali joined his first tech startup while still an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. He introduced TOC’s underlying concepts in his business novel, The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement , which has been recognized as one of the best-selling business books of all time. About ThroughPut, Inc. ThroughPut Inc.

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Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

Lots and lots of articles point to the fact that its from the French word " Logistique " which first appeared in the book " The Art of War " in 1838 by Baron Henri de Jomini who was the general in French army during Napoleons time. Image credit Google Books. Image Credit : Google Books. Image Credit : Google Books Project.

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Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

The largest Groundhog Day in the United States is in s Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania , with Punxsutawney Phil. . We are currently doing correlations to our quantitative survey responses (over 6000 respondents) to understand which practices make the largest difference in driving Market Price to Tangible Book. It is a ritual.

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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I am cruising major freeways traveling from Chicago to my new home in Pennsylvania. In parallel, the financial team often sees inventory as a pocket-book to manage at the end of the quarter. 90, then 80, followed by 76. The highway rolls ahead of me. There are endless mile markers. It is a long day. The sun is shining.

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Sharing Tribal Knowledge

Enterra Insights

The late Randolph “Randy” Frederick Pausch was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He then co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller.

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REPOST: Beyond Cost Per Load with Felipe Capella

The Logistics of Logistics

Felipe holds Master degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (valedictorian), from Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Spain – full scholarship) and an MBA from Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Brazil). Founded, developed and launched an online contest startup. Co-founded Loadsmart to help build a revolutionary product. About Loadsmart.