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Balance and Segmentation – What the Election Can Teach Supply Chain

Kinaxis

I have to admit, it was cool to see the MUTO walk down the Las Vegas strip and knock down the casinos. Aside from just getting the CEO/CFO to make the decision, a Supply Chain S&OP will always be faced with Marketing vs Sales, Product Management vs Procurement, or Service vs Finance.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 14-18, 2015)

Talking Logistics

analyst Colin Sebastian] believes Amazon will eventually ship air-cargo packages for other companies as well, putting it in direct competition with UPS, FedEx and others. Allow me to elaborate for him by pointing you to my post from earlier this year, Procuring Logistics Services is Not the Same as Buying Paper Clips. Baird & Co.