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Rethink Your Approach to Business Through the Lens of Anti-Brittle and Optionality!

Supply Chain Network

Almost two years ago now I joined MonarchFx after recognizing it as the fast, flexible inventory deployment, fulfillment and replenishment solution the market needed. An operational methodology that would allow both large and small enterprises to adapt to changing times, a solution the market had been unable to define yet, let alone deliver.

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SCRC Meeting – Tom Linton’s “Supply Chain Eight” and Golden Winged Warblers : Questions Every New CSCO Should Ask Their CEO

NC State SCRC

When it is not in motion, it is classified as inventory. And the fundamental issue is about TIME as a foundational concept for running a company. I identified four options to executives given these uncertainties: Passive Approach – “do nothing”. Wait and See” – make intangible resource commitments. and will operate more efficiently.

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Reflections on the LIVING Supply Chain SCRC Meeting

NC State SCRC

The SCRC meeting featured a group of executives, students, and faculty participating at the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting yesterday in Raleigh, held at the new Talley Student Center on the NC State campus. The restoration of predators in the system resulted in the more balanced ecosystem.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Kuehne + Nagel inaugurates North America’s regional Integrated Logistics Control Centre in Raleigh, NC, USA. It’s clear from this week’s long list of news that the pace of change and innovation in supply chain management continues to accelerate. Macy’s, Inc. Outlines New Developments in Omnichannel Strategy and Technology. Macy’s, Inc.

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Post-mortem on Christmas Logistics Chaos: On Customer Commitments and Transparency

NC State SCRC

It is no longer enough to have just a commitment culture. We had a huge snow and ice storm in Raleigh last week. A colleague of mind shared his experience with Amazon during this time. “I needed a product called “Ice Melt” for the snow storm. Transparency is supposed to be a virtue in such cases, right? Not always.

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A “Swiss Army Knife” of Supply Chain Talent Requirements: Views from a Former Wolfpack Student

NC State SCRC

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. He became a director at that point, working with sales planning, inventory planning, and financial planning, and pulling together the Sales and Operations Planning team, as well as introducing new products and eliminating obsolescence. Today, we are at 5.5M

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Omni-Channel Supply Chains Are Changing Everything You Ever Learned in School…

Supply Chain View from the Field

His insights and presence were most appreciated by everyone, especially given the snowfall we were experiencing in Raleigh last night! This view of the supply chain is focused primarily on how we get inventory to the customer. This led to Omni-Channel sales. This is the major crux of the problem. This is rapidly changing.