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This Week in Logistics News (April 22-26, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Swipe, click, this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Google Spinoff’s Drone Delivery Business First to Get FAA Approval (Bloomberg) Amazon to invest $800 million to make one-day free shipping the standard for Prime members (WSJ – sub. Honestly, this depressed the heck out of me. The First Drone Airline.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Manufacturing Innovation Hubs Revitalize American Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

supply chain. Many industrialized countries invest heavily in identifying and developing new technologies, materials, and processes. The institutes will focus on select areas of innovation and technology and speed new developments to market. supply chain, and reduce acquisition costs.”. Website: [link].

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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

Our 40 th Bi-Annual Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting was a great success, culminating with the student gallery walk, featuring 27 undergraduate and MBA supply chain projects. Proactive” – Tangible resource commitment in fixed assets, to permanently redesign supply chains.

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Asia Supply Chain Excellence Report: Issue, January 2013

Tompkins Blog

Supply Chain Risk in China: Focus on. Supply chain executives in the US and Europe nervously listen to news out of Asia about factory fires, typhoons and labor disputes. impacts on their supply chains, they think through their contingency plans and wish they had more visibility. Logistics failure.

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A “Swiss Army Knife” of Supply Chain Talent Requirements: Views from a Former Wolfpack Student

NC State SCRC

He started in supply planning, overseeing over $100M of spend in batteries and other categories. He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. Marsh did not have centralized approach to supply chain management. Stuart discussed the need for a supply chain Swiss Army knife skill set.