Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Increasingly this is referred to by industry as “Supply Chain Engineering.”. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, this led to the creation at Georgia Tech of the Production and Distribution Research Center, the Material Handling Research Center, and the Computational Optimization Center.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

Increasingly this is referred to by industry as “Supply Chain Engineering.” In the late 1970s and early 1980s, this led to the creation at Georgia Tech of the Production and Distribution Research Center, the Material Handling Research Center, and the Computational Optimization Center.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 26, 2021

In 2018 the Chinese authorities demanded that airlines not refer to Taiwan as a non-Chinese territory. For example, Delta Airlines, one of the companies that succumbed to Chinese pressure regarding Taiwan, feels free to criticize the state government of Georgia in the US about its election laws.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 7, 2023

Rivian has future plans to construct a new factory in Georgia, requiring an investment of approximately US$5 billion. This situation echoed the production difficulties that Tesla encountered during its scaling-up phase, which Tesla’s founder, Elon Musk, famously referred to as “production hell.” billion in financing.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Peak produce shipping season refers to the time period when the largest volume of fruits and vegetables are harvested and subsequently shipped to markets across the US, impacting truck capacity. Data Key: Heaviest peak refers to the months in which capacity will be most affected by agriculture production. What is produce season?

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The other day I was talking with my friends, Kevin and Wayne at Loadtex and they kept referring to the “Texas Triangle.” The Texas Triangle refers to an area of Texas that is roughly bordered by Dallas, Houston and San Antonio / Austin (when you are Texas you get to call 4 points a triangle). It turns out it was none of those things.

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3PL Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Thus, these are America’s largest ocean ports: The Port of Los Angeles, The Port of Long Beach (California), The New York/New Jersey Port (Newark, NJ), The Georgia Ports (Savannah, Brunswick, Bainbridge & Columbus) and The Northwest Seaport Alliance (Washington State). The Georgia Ports, also on the east coast, saw about half (2.8

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

At CSCMP Edge 2017, Kenco hosted a roundtable of supply chain leaders from companies like Coca-Cola, ChervonTechnologies, Georgia-Pacific, Kids II, and Sealed Air to work through the challenging but critical road ahead.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation , a leading proponent of the circular economy, defines it this way: “The circular economy refers to an industrial economy that is restorative by intention; aims to rely on renewable energy; minimizes, tracks, and hopefully eliminates the use of toxic chemicals; and eradicates waste through careful design.”

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Cognira

APRIL 27, 2021

Referring to himself during the interview as an “eternal student,” Hatem graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology with four degrees. Meet Hatem. From a young age, Hatem developed a passion for academics and learning.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

and references a study on how Home Depot improved container utilization for overseas imports by 12 percentage points. For more details, including a description of research done at MIT and Georgia Tech, see my blog Inventory Balancing: Research from Dell and Boston Scientific.

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Intelligent Audit

APRIL 8, 2022

MHI shared that from March 28-31, “Over 37,047 visitors connected with over 857 exhibitors across 405,000 square feet of exhibit space at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center,” noting the attendee number as record-breaking at “20% more visitors than the last pre-pandemic show.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2018

To understand this dynamic, reference the patterns of overall performance in Figure 2 for the period of 2006-2017. So, I took everyone’s budget and gave 250K to Georgia Tech to build us a program using their materials. The average company added 48% more items during this period.) It enabled growth at scale.

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 24, 2011

of Kennesaw, Georgia, “Summit is great for gathering tips, learning what new products are on the horizon, and networking with peers who may already have a solution for issues you are facing. For an experienced user, it’s an opportunity to see what’s new and different, to keep escalating our system utilization.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 2, 2020

Several articles and reference books have highlighted Joe’s procurement transformation accomplishments at Lucent Technologies, Juniper Networks, and in the area of Supply Chain Risk Management. tools and analytical techniques that deliver real value to today’s procurement organizations. I have two stories. Both involve Change Management.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 11, 2016

South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands. Velocity’ refers to faster front/ back-office processes, physical execution and financial processes. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories. Guadeloupe. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. San Marino.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The ports of origin are 24/7,” he said, referring to the Asian ports where most of the ships start out. “As Five ship to shore cranes and gangs of longshoremen work to load and unload a container ship at Savannah, Georgia © Stephen B. As the port of destination we need to start thinking like the ports of origin.”.

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