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

Talking Logistics

Infor Aligns With MercuryGate To Strengthen Transportation Management. Oracle Introduces New Cloud Solutions for Transportation and Global Trade Management. Kuehne + Nagel inaugurates North America’s regional Integrated Logistics Control Centre in Raleigh, NC, USA. Macy’s, Inc. IAS ChassisManager Facilitates Street-Turns.

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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.

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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

Co-location of supply chains will reduce disruptions, complications with transportations, government regulations, etc. 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. Wait and See” – make intangible resource commitments.

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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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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.