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Writing: Working on My Book

Supply Chain Shaman

Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. Prior to joining Starbucks, he worked at the executive leadership level in Europe, Latin America and North America at ICI, a global chemical company. ” Supply Chain Leader.

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Food Waste: The World Can’t Afford It

Enterra Insights

BCG analysts report, “The average North American household wastes approximately 130 pounds [of food] annually. By any metric, the situation looks grim. Even if consumers in North America do a better job of reducing food waste, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the food they save will end up where it is needed most.

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Food Waste: The World Can’t Afford It

Enterra Insights

BCG analysts report, “The average North American household wastes approximately 130 pounds [of food] annually. By any metric, the situation looks grim. Even if consumers in North America do a better job of reducing food waste, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the food they save will end up where it is needed most.

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The Increasing Role of Climate Change in Supply Chain Disruptions

NC State SCRC

Prices for polyethylene, polypropylene and other chemical compounds used to make auto parts, computers, and a vast array of plastic products, have reached their highest levels in years in the U.S. Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf coast, and knocked out more than 60% of America’s PVC production offline. as supplies tighten.

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Good Safety is Good Business at the LogiChem 2015 Conference

CH Robinson Transportfolio

I always come back from these conferences inspired and fascinated at how diligent chemical supply chain managers must be to mitigate risk and adverse events. The chemical supply chain continues to faces significant challenges, with more global and complex supply chains, leaner inventories, and rising customer expectations.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

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L’Oreal: A Beautiful Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

We wanted to see which companies were driving the fastest rate of improvement on the supply chain metrics that matter. A Canadian citizen, Richard has a degree in Chemical Engineering and an MBA in Supply Chain Management. We studied this pre and post-recession. Lora Cecere is the Founder of Supply Chain Insights.