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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Due to travel restrictions, I cannot attend many industry events, so I observe from home, watching webinars and remote broadcasts. For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical. Surgery is over. I am safely recuperating at home. As I process the content, I struggle.

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Taking the Hill

Supply Chain Shaman

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and chemical companies are close behind, but they are having difficulty “taking the hill.” Industries that have formed cross-functional leadership teams combining source, make and deliver together have made the fastest progress. Which industry sector can we learn from?”

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Talk Doesn’t Cook the Rice

Supply Chain Shaman

It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. An example is retail/consumer products/chemical/transportation or hospital/pharmaceutical companies/medical device companies/medical distributors.). Why do we need a new Index?

Gartner 267
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Wanted: Supply Chain Architects!

Supply Chain Shaman

Forty years ago as a chemical engineering student, I learned the tedious craft of chemical plant design. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. In this position, we designed real-world plants.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit.

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Announcing the Supply Chain Index

Supply Chain Insights

It will be launched on a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a report that will run in our May newsletter. An example is retail/consumer products/chemical/transportation or hospital/pharmaceutical companies/medical device companies/medical distributors.). They will be digitally shared through Amazon, iTunes and other sources.

Gartner 137
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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

While this is bad news for oil producers, it is good news for US manufacturers who will see a significant fall in the cost of manufacturing and transportation. Unless the source of natural gas dries up, which is not likely for many years to come, the price of gas is likely to remain low for the foreseeable future.