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Seasoned Leadership in Action! An Interview with Paul Kretz, Head of SCM at Church & Dwight!

Supply Chain Game Changer

That is how I got into logistics management and gained deep warehousing and transportation experience. I moved into the third-party logistics industry just as that was taking off and gained a ton of experience in logistics costing, WMS installation, selling services and technology skills. They used to call it seagull logistics.

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Inside Johnson & Johnson’s Supply Chain Operations

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Founded in 1886 with just 14 employees, it now provides global solutions for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer goods. Because supply chain management (SCM) is so crucial to the quality of the products it produces, Johnson & Johnson has deliberately made SCM a core focus of their business.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action! An Interview with Leonard Han!

Supply Chain Game Changer

My work with Supply Chain started in 1983 when it was known as Materials Management and Logistics, it was a staff function in support of Operations to ensure that there was no interruption to supply and to maximise efficiency. However, there are constraints namely; Must have high volume demand preferably consumer products.

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Offering Prayers While Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

Supply Chain Shaman

I thought back to the evolution of the EPC codes and bar codes in the consumer goods industry two decades ago, and I remember the work of Danny Wegman of Wegman’s Supermarkets, Sandy Douglas of Coca-Cola and Tim Smucker of The J.M An example is the work on Performance Based Logistics (PBL). Smucker Corporation.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Moving on to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week… Mercedes-Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones (TechCrunch). Over 40 customers from the retail, consumer goods, third-party logistics and ecommerce sectors. I’m rooting for love. Oracle Buys LogFire.

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Cutting out the Middleman: The Growth of Direct-to-Consumer!

Supply Chain Game Changer

As supply chains evolve and grow, products are often passed between dozens of hands at factories, shipping vehicles and pallets, distributor warehouses, retail warehouses, shop floors, and delivery fleets. SCM #SupplyChain #Logistics #Distribution #ECommerce #Leadership #Customer. Check out Supply Chain 4.0! Infographic) .

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Apple’s Greatness and the Paradox of Agility

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Kevin O'Marah, Chief Content Officer, SCM World. Product customisation happens post-sale and at the consumer’s command. This gives the impression of agility while componentry, production processes and logistics support all harvest the scale and quality benefits of standardisation. Friday 30 October 2015. Featured Image.