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MHI Annual Conference: Drone Applications in Supply Chain Beyond Package Delivery

PINC

Use of drones for package delivery has received a lot of attention ever since Jeff Bezos unveiled a video of an Amazon drone dropping off a package via drone on a 60 Minutes broadcast in 2012, but other applications in the supply chain are likely to emerge first. In particular, the supply chain and logistics.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.; Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2018

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.; Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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Management with Intention

BlueYonder

I grew up in Tucson and lived there through college, going to the University of Arizona. I’ve come full circle and moved back to Tucson three years ago, where the majority of my family lives. I am really enjoying my new role and the ability to work with a lot of different parts of our company. Where did you grow up?

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Management with Intention

BlueYonder

I grew up in Tucson and lived there through college, going to the University of Arizona. I’ve come full circle and moved back to Tucson three years ago, where the majority of my family lives. I am really enjoying my new role and the ability to work with a lot of different parts of our company. Where did you grow up?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a Taco Bell franchisee that is building a new restaurant that the chain said will be the fastest way to get its food: a two-story, technology-heavy unit with four drive-thru lanes dubbed Taco Bell Defy. Now the company is launching a subscription service. Talk about a cool concept.

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A Common Career Thread

BlueYonder

A couple of years after joining Osco, our parent company, American Stores, decided to move its headquarters from Chicago to Salt Lake City. The nearest public school to their family ranch was over 30 miles away, so she lived with her grandmother in Tucson during the school year and only was home during school breaks and summers.