Supply Chains Rock

JANUARY 5, 2009

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. Public Policy & Sustainability Blog. Still not excited, well visit often and eventually you will be.

Iraq 100

Iraq Supply Chain Software Shipping Supply Chain 100

Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Among those organizations are: The Open Society Foundations; the German Marshall Fund of the United States; the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS); the World Bank; the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); the Atlantic Council; Deloitte; the Brookings Institution; the European Commission; and the RAND Corporation.

Ukraine 130

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory. Of course, what happens in the U.S.

Predictive Analytics Software 120

Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 120

ThroughPut

MARCH 3, 2020

A few weeks after my contact with a Samoan leader who explained how medication throughput was a problem with the measles outbreak, I posted on LinkedIn about how turning a blind eye to epidemics and following an isolationist policy against our fellow human beings would only hurt when it impacted corporate industrial supply chains.

Florida 52

Florida Supply Chain Planning Software Japan Supply Chain Planning 52

ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The fight for money During the downturn, when oilfield operational expenditure budgets were so tight, I would just put things on my own credit card to keep operations going, and deal with “breaking procurement policies” later. I had to simplify diet, dress code, hobbies, and even day-to-day activities. Don’t get me wrong.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Quality Manufacturing 52

ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

During the downturn, oilfield operational expenditure budgets were so tight, I would just put things on my own credit card to keep operations going, and deal with “breaking procurement policies” later. Trips to places like Iraq made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. Don’t get me wrong.

Resource Reduction 40

Resource Reduction Optimal Sourcing Buyer Training Just-in-Time 40

ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The fight for money During the downturn, when oilfield operational expenditure budgets were so tight, I would just put things on my own credit card to keep operations going, and deal with “breaking procurement policies” later. I had to simplify diet, dress code, hobbies, and even day-to-day activities. Don’t get me wrong.

Resource Reduction 40

Resource Reduction Just-in-Time Buyer Training Optimal Sourcing 40