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Five Hidden Skills that Military Veterans Bring to Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

Use your company’s military veterans and their five-hidden skill sets to make your company logistically successful. Central to the eventual Allied victory was not just General Patton, who swung his military units to attack in the opposite direction, but also a little-known logistical unit. 2) War Game Your Supply Chain and Operations.

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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Since its founding, Turkey has dealt with instability and military coups, although each time, the country returns to democracy. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Its primary export partners were Germany, the UK, the UAE, Iraq, the US, Italy, France and Spain. Its latest constitution was adopted in 1982.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. The recent Supply Chain Insights Global Summit gave me new perspective and insights. The redefinition of supply chain practices is happening through the coalescence of multiple technologies, not one.

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Join Veterans of Blue Yonder on the Frontlines of Charity this Holiday Season by Supporting Toys for Tots  

BlueYonder

Though their time in the military and civil service may have ended, for the Veterans of Blue Yonder associate resource group (ARG) members, their time serving has not. Dan served in the Army for three and a half years and earned his degree at the University of Central Florida before entering the supply chain industry.

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Different Strokes for Different Folks (to Yield Better Results?)?

Supply Chain Shaman

Disruption in supply chain planning is happening. We are on a path to reinvent decision-support technologies like supply chain planning. They are often supply chain superheroes. I think that we can reduce 80% of planners in global supply chain organizations and drive better answers.

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o9 Solutions Partners with Extraordinary Leaders to help executives Navigate and Accelerate their Digital Transformation Journeys

o9 Solutions

They have a unique background and different perspectives on strategy and leadership: Tony with an IT Transformation point of view, Das from a data-science angle, and Dave with military-inspired planning and execution processes to enterprise settings,” said Chakri Gottemukkala, CEO at o9 Solutions and active member of the AIM10x Executive Network.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

In the current global economy, the closure of a maritime chokepoint would have significant economic ramifications due to the disruption of trade flows and even some supply chains (e.g. The Iran-Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 to 1988, featured a "Tanker War" between Iran and Iraq between the years of 1984 and 1987.

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