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Random thoughts on “close-to-home-shoring” based on my travels last week…

Supply Chain View from the Field

An explanation offered by Christensen was what he coined“The Church of New Finance,” in which business school professors act as the high priests that indoctrinate their MBAs into a belief system of complex, ratio-based financial metrics as the only correct system of measurement.

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters. The growth expectations of the BRIC countries is worrisome. I love the innovation and the fact that it is open source. As a result, the symbol for Apache Hadoop is an elephant.

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Global Luxury Management “Lifestyle” brands require push supply chain design customization

Supply Chain View from the Field

This is a challenging sourcing base, and global luxury brands must also pay attention to general labor and supply chain compliance policies. The entire apparel supply chain is driven by these financial metrics. The supply chain design is very much focused on contract manufacturing to a network of factories.

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6 Supply Chain Trends That Could Truly Shake You Up (2018 Update)

Logistics Bureau

BRICs Are Moving to Buying, Not Just Making. Now differentials in workers’ pay are disappearing as countries like Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the BRIC countries) grow richer and develop into consumer giants. Supply chains have become a major source of competitive differentiation because they are difficult to copy.