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2019 Logistics & Supply Chain Events to Attend in the US

EazyStock

Live Americas 2019 by SCM World. Live Americas peer forum 2019 by SCM World is a great event for senior-level supply chain practitioners to be introduced to predicted trends and be involved in a cross-industry knowledge sharing experience. Houston, Texas. Feb 3-7, 2019. Miami, Florida. www.promatshow.com. Apr 7-10, 2019.

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The Battle for Supply Chain Talent

Logility

In fact, the recent SCM World report, Future of Supply Chain 2016 , notes “There is a steady stream of CEOs or business unit presidents who have risen directly out of the supply chain function.” As a crew member on ill-fated Apollo 13 moon mission said, “Houston, we have a problem here.”

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The Current State of the Shipping Capacity Crunch!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The damage from the overly active storms damaged both freight containers and trucks, and in Houston, the trucking industry is barely back to life. Logistics #SupplyChain #SCM #Freight #Business. As explained by Lawrence J Gross of JOC, past years’ data on harsh weather and its impact on U.S. Check out Last Mile Delivery!

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Guest Post: An MBA student’s perspective on the ISM Meeting 2019

NC State SCRC

This week’s guest post is from my MBA student, Nikhil Singh, who accompanied me to the recent Institute for Supply Management conference in Houston. The first was the CSCMP Edge Conference in Nashville last year, and more recently the ISM Conference in Houston. So here it is!

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The American Red Cross: A New SCRC Partner Company Engages the Influence Model!

Supply Chain View from the Field

This was at the request of my good friend, Tom Nash, who I have known since 2000, when he was an IT Sourcing executive at Shell Oil in Houston. I had the opportunity to visit with the American Red Cross in Charlotte, NC yesterday, and held a negotiation workshop with the supply chain directors and managers.

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Seven Thoughts to Build a Customer-Centric Supply Chain Organization

Supply Chain Shaman

A month after completing this strategy session I was doing a series of strategy days with two chemical companies in Houston. As a frequent contributor of supply chain content to the industry, Lora writes by-line monthly columns for SCM Quarterly, Consumer Goods Technology, Supply Chain Movement and Supply Chain Brain.

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De-segregating the supply chain: Lessons learned in the air

Kinaxis

Within my eight minutes on my phone evaluating alternatives, I found an alternative flight from XNA to DCA that connected through Houston. And for all of those wondering what happened to my travel dilemma, it was a success as far as I was concerned.