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How Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment is Killing Kmart USA

Logistics Bureau

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. The Failing Kmart Business Strategy. The first Kmart store opened way back in 1962.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

– Chief of Army LTGEN Peter Leahy, 2004 [1]. An unprepared military offers political leaders few options, corrupts strategy, is inefficient and ineffective, and poses a national risk. 4] Routine exercises and training can achieve high standards of preparedness, at least for a time. 3] Galvin, T., 4] Betts.,

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The beginning of the end for the Paper Bill of Lading

Shipping and Freight Resource

The TT Club subsequently wrote off its investments in Bolero in 2004. The research using a financial modelling exercise showed that the processing costs for a paper bill of lading were 3 three times much as an eBL processing and that the actual process cost for a single BL can vary widely.