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The Legend of the 24/7/365 Supply Chain

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:33:00 +0000

The supply chain will be getting slower, not faster, as the country adjusts to the end of Saturday deliveries by the USPS.

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It’s What You Learn after You Know It All that Counts

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:01:00 +0000

What Hall of Famer Earl Weaver knew about managing an organization could have filled up several business strategy books.

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Where Are They Now? A Updated Look at the Most Influential Supply Chain Leaders

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:36:00 +0000

A look at what the Most Influential Supply Chain People of 2003 are doing today, ten years later.

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Deadly Emissions Are Lurking in Your Backyard

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:48:00 +0000

Grilling a hamburger emits more particulates than a long-haul truck driving down the highway for two hours.

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Healthcare Costs Are Making the Supply Chain Sick

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:10:00 +0000

Based on the annual “pain in the supply chain” survey conducted by UPS, 53% of U.S. companies in the healthcare field say they’re still feeling the impact of the economic downturn, in terms of tightened spending and other cut-backs.

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Playing at Work Can Be More Stressful than Working at Work

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:33:00 +0000

In summertime, the living is easy, as the song goes, but not necessarily the working. Recognizing that most employees would rather be anywhere else but in the office during the warm, sunny summer months, HR directors have wracked their brains for years trying to devise the perfect “company events” that would gather everybody together in a happy, communal celebration… all the while keeping the employees relatively nearby to their desks or workstations.

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The Top 25 Supply Chains of 2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 05:42:00 +0000

It’s that time of year again, when analyst firm Gartner reveals the winners of its supply chain popularity contest, and once again, not surprisingly, the most popular company in the world is also the Top Supply Chain: Apple. This despite the fact that ...

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USPS Takes a $3 Billion Bath while Congress Watches

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:05:53 +0000

The U.S. Postal Service certainly is making it more and more difficult to root for them in their current struggles. Whoever is in charge of public relations or strategy for the USPS might want to adopt a new tactic, because the steady stream of layoff ...

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Why Nike's Green Efforts Don't Sound All that Green

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:12:36 +0000

March is traditionally the month of green, thanks to its association with springtime and St. Patrick's Day, and in keeping with that tradition, we've been looking closely this month at some green initiatives undertaken by manufacturers in pursuit of the ...

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Is Your Supply Chain Planner Planning to Quit?

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:16:46 +0000

Supply chain planners and forecasters spend most of their time analyzing the various nuances of their company's operations, and they pride themselves on having a 360-degree outlook on everything that impacts a manufacturer's ability to run a profitable ...

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