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This Week in Logistics News (December 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

The legislation, which is entitled the National Development Strategy and Coordination Act of 2022, would require Cabinet-level agencies to identify weaknesses in supply chains that could impact national security and domestic manufacturing. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)

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Striking a Balance

BlueYonder

She shares how she balances career and family –– and how saying ‘yes’ to an opportunity to relocate to Costa Rica was a transformational moment for her career. . That became my strategy to get my next job at L.L.Bean when my husband and I moved to Maine – join as a consultant and then get hired by L.L.Bean full-time.

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Small is the new big: Millennials & the future of retail

DELMIA Quintiq

This has pushed brands to rethink marketing strategies as they learn how to ride the Web 2.0 Puravida allows young fashionable people to support multiple causes by purchasing unique handmade bracelets, while promising to provide full-time jobs for local artisans in Costa Rica. Keep things simple.

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World Cup Plays that Build Winning Supply Chain Teams

MIT Supply Chain

In other words, these leaders had not moved with the times; they had failed to reinvent the strategies and processes that underpinned past successes. For example, Dell Corporation was the leading personal computer manufacturer in the world, earning accolades for its vaunted manufacturing postponement strategy.

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Addressing sustainability threats to coffee supply chain using low-code technology

TrackVia

Volcafe Way is a sustainable sourcing strategy created to radically transform coffee production. I had the privilege to visit Volcafe in San José, Costa Rica, and learn more about the success of Volcafe Way. They lack business skills and resources and need a substantial amount of support beyond improving their supply chain.

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Striking a Balance

BlueYonder

She shares how she balances career and family –– and how saying ‘yes’ to an opportunity to relocate to Costa Rica was a transformational moment for her career. . That became my strategy to get my next job at L.L.Bean when my husband and I moved to Maine – join as a consultant and then get hired by L.L.Bean full-time.

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Coming of Age: The Digital Consumer Chain

Supply Chain Insights

Nothing is left to the imagination; and digital animation has created an entire generation of people who firmly believe that there are dinosaurs on the small islands off the coast of Costa Rica. Then we can build an entire thought leadership strategy that not only prepares us for this coming of age, but enables us to drive it.