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Logistics Woes Start People Thinking About Christmas in July

Enterra Insights

. … Christmas in July started [88] years ago on July 24th and 25th in 1933 at a girls’ camp called Keystone Camp in Brevard, North Carolina.”[1] Owen notes, “The first Christmas in July included carolers, a Christmas Tree, Santa Claus, presents, and fake snow made of cotton. Footnotes. [1]

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SCRC Meeting April 27-28 on Supply Chain Risk: Building a Risk Management Capability

Supply Chain View from the Field

We are in the last stages of planning for our upcoming 31st Semi-Annual Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) Meeting on Monday and Tuesday, April 27-28, 2015 at North Carolina State University. Bloomberg News has just released its rankings of forecast accuracy through the end of Q3 2014.

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Winning $75K Marketing Case Competition Prize Really Was About.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

UCLA Anderson Forecast. The Wake Forest Marketing Summit, a marketing case competition which took place in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the end of February, is going to be one of my most cherished MBA memories. Quarterly Forecast Predicts Uneven Growth for Economy, Commercial Real Estate. Wall Street Journal.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. However, the idea of procurement as a market-facing forecaster is a new role for many companies.

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Bayer, Deere, and ARC Provide Feedback on Student Capabilities that Drive Innovation

NC State SCRC

On April 19th and 20th the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative held its bi-annual Board Advisory meeting and Partner Meeting in the Talley Student Center at North Carolina State University. Mike shared how this has helped Bayer with the challenges around forecasting in light of the different temperature cycles across North America.

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Dealing with Supply Chain Uncertainty After Covid: Insights from the Experts

NC State SCRC

This was without doubt a sobering presentation, and no one who sat in felt very good about the remainder of 2022 and the likelihood of inflation and continued shortages of semiconductors, materials, and labor. However, as someone also said afterwards, “Well at least you were realistic and honest!

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

The Supply Chain Resource Cooperative held its bi-annual Industry Partner Meeting in the Talley Student Center at North Carolina State University this past week. ” In February, the GDP forecast for 2017 was 3.4% – and in April, it is 0.5%. The dollar will remain strong, and this will hurt exports.