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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

From April 2004 to December 2005, Waggoner served as Chief Executive Officer of USF Bestway, and from January 2002 to April 2004 he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing for USF Corporation.

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

These tools will become the foundation on which supply chain managers gain insight into their markets and erratic supply and demand trends. And while during the SARS epidemic of 2002 and 2003, China represented 4.3% And “it’s a great tool,” but there are more sophisticated, more accurate tools to do sourcing.

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Supply Chain Data Visibility Paramount as Industry Lurches into Next Chapter

IoT World Today

Supply chain recovery hinges on incorporating robust data analytics and other data-driven tools into business operations to increase efficiency, reduce costs and proactively manage risk. Compare China’s share today with 2002, during the SARS epidemic, when China represented only 4% of world GDP.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Public Perception of & A Brief Timeline of Moments from the American Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

The digital computer was used in 1953 with built-in computer operations to automatically coordinate transforms to compute radar related vectors and the essentially graphic mathematical process of forming a shape with a digital machine tool. Manufacturing Enterprise Integration Act of 2002.

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Want to Succeed at a Large Firm? Become an Entrepreneur

Logistics Viewpoints

Tymon started at Jabil in 2002, after earning a degree in Industrial Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey. The company was using limited homegrown tools and Excel while they were “sitting on Kinaxis!”. The Kinaxis tools support concurrent planning. Manufacturing occurs at over 115 sites around the world. It was overlooked.”

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PODCAST: Modern Courier Delivery Compliance Considerations: Understanding SOX and SOC Compliance

The Logistics of Logistics

Government regulations like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) put additional strain on companies to maintain stringent data and financial controls, and often include provisions on how data is maintained by outside vendors and service providers.

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Automation Hero April 2020: Shamil Patel from Allparts

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Shamil Patel , Director at Allparts , has driven the change from using “paper and pen” to now using an automated tool for inventory optimization. Until I joined as a director of the company in 2002, the company books were exclusively paper and pen! What other types of automation tools do you use today? Name: Shamil Patel.