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This Week in Logistics News (October 24-28, 2016)

Talking Logistics

A few years later, when Northeastern was looking for an adjunct instructor to teach the Executive MBA supply chain course, Professor Solomon recommended me to the director and I ended up teaching the course for several years, which was a rewarding experience for me on many levels. I am forever grateful.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Network Optimization: The Key to Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Forward-looking insight and control calm the chaos With the right technology, network optimization becomes the key to plotting a well-defined, yet flexible, course for supply chain management. Suppose a CPG brand decides to shift its manufacturing capacity from Rhode Island to a higher-cost, yet more-sustainable, alternative in Colorado.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF Corporation (VFC) is a global apparel, footwear and accessories company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. That of course, works to VF’s advantage as well. The company’s 12 brands are organized into three categories: Outdoor, Active and Work/Work-Inspired.

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Is Vertical Farming Falling Flat?

Enterra Insights

Researchers at Colorado State University believe that urban agriculture has a future on building rooftops. Of course, not all crops can be grown indoors or on rooftops — nor can urban farming supply all the food urban populations require. ”[1] Reducing transportation costs is another benefit of urban agriculture.

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #10 Failure to adequately train your supply chain planning staff

Kinaxis

CPIM is broken out in to 5 modules that each have an optional instructor led review course. General News Products Response Management Sales and operations planning (S&OP) Supply chain management 2008 US beef protest in South Korea Beef Business Business process Cargill Colorado Competitive advantage Customer Supply chain'

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

Supply Chain Matters

There are pf course, some regionally based exceptions but the trend appears to now be moving downward. Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that again dropped to an all-time low for June 2023.

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Hurricane Season Brings New Risks to Pandemic-stressed Supply Chain Chains

Enterra Insights

Forecasters from the Climate Prediction Center … said that there’s an approximately equal chance of La Niña and ‘ENSO-neutral’ conditions for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season (August-October), according to Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach.