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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. The Case for Competing on Logistics Talent. Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. What will happen in 2016?

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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

A growing number of scenes in films and television programmes – and even entire films and TV series – are about logistics and supply chain management, and media productions are going ever deeper into those business roles. In earlier decades, films did not feature logistics or supply chains. Hollywood as inspiration for managers.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: How would you ship 500 trees.

Supply Chains Rock

How would you ship 500 trees to Iraq? Basically, her organization worked with a nursery and collected 400 trees from Long Island, New York and 100 from California and had them shipped via DHL to the US troops in Iraq. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. Latin American Logistics. Subscribe To.

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Logistics Service Providers (LSP): 3PL vs 4PL vs 5PL

SCMDOJO

“The line between disorder and order lies in logistics…” (Tzu, 496 B.C). Accordingly, if organizations want to succeed and grow in the long-term, they need to cooperate, organize, and manage their logistics very wisely and mitigate its problems and risks simultaneously.

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Emirates plans new flight routes to avoid Iraq

Logistics Middle East

UAE airline will stop flying over the country amid security fears.'

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Quality Improvement in Manufacturing: Relief for Operations Manager

ThroughPut

Most importantly for ThroughPut, manufacturing and logistics operations in the industrial world are about to pick back up until Christmas. Trips to places like Iraq during 2015 made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. For Europe, operations are now resuming from the extended production breaks.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

Most importantly for ThroughPut, manufacturing and logistics operations in aerospace, automotive, CPG, and energy are about to pick back up until Christmas. Trips to places like Iraq made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. The population of Mykonos is about to drop by more than 50%.