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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Invest in building and refining modeling capabilities for requisite flows for ship building, aircraft refurbishment and armaments.

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COP21 – Freight and Climate Change

Freightos

This Black Friday Shawn Simms was first in line at Best Buy in Nashville, TN to bag a Thanksgiving bargain – a Toshiba HDTV for $149.99. COP21, the Paris Climate change conference taking place this week got us thinking what the carbon cost was for shipping the TV. Click the button on the right to see our sources.

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RLA Inaugural Startup Pitch Contest

Cathy Roberson

Carolina Sisters – Since 2018, Carolina Sisters has been sourcing from retailers and selling pallets of wholesale products to the general public. He is the founder of Bargain Hunt and Treverse LLC, a wholesale, liquidation & auction business based in Nashville, TN. Previously he was with Geodis, Kanga, and Lovesac.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. Examples include first pass yield, schedule adherence, hands-free orders, orders shipped complete, and minimization of waste. This blog post formed in my head as I worked with clients this month. Supply Chain Trade-offs. . #4

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The last American cowboy and next American hero

Proxima

As I sit at my home in Nashville, TN, observing the aftermath of the recent tornados while playing witness to daily changes in the world, I had a thought. Yet, they work in an environment where they’re often the source of frustration. ’ You cannot control the waves, but you can control which ship you ride in on.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers. The first of the new shipping and delivery centers will open in Atlanta, GA, in the fall of this year, with more than 100 additional sites under consideration nationwide. .