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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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[INFOGRAPHIC] The End of Made In China Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

The erosion in the cost advantage has been driven by a confluence of sharp wage increases, lagging productivity growth, unfavorable currency swings, and a dramatic rise in energy costs, states the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) based on a study of 25 nations that account for nearly 90 percent of global exports of manufactured goods.

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Top 10 Brands Millennials, Gen Z Trust

Material Handling and Logistics

A study by Wharton Business School found that this group is mainly interested in supporting brands that are ethical, caring and strive to do the right thing. And here are the top 10 brands of these two groups combined. . What makes a brand trustworthy to Millennials and Gen Z? . Media Type. Privacy Settings. anonymous user.

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C4T appoints new CEO

Logistics Business Magazine

Spiegelberg succeeds Pieter Haesaert, who founded C4T together with Ilse Vermeersch as a customs consultancy in 2004 before developing the CAS platform ten years later. Werner Koninckx will represent the founders on the board.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

Recently Cerasis asked in the Manufacturing Leadership Community group on LinkedIn, run by Manufacturing Executive. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

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Tony Bauckham Appointed as Commercial Director for Charter Business at Volga-Dnepr

Airfreight Logistics

This new addition to the Volga-Dnepr family further bolsters the companies group strategy of growing an international team to develop its leadership ambitions across the worldwide air charter markets.

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Kuehne + Nagel Ventures Forth with a New Global Initiative

Logistics Manager

After that, I sought to work abroad and was given an opportunity to work at Kuehne + Nagel’s Hong Kong office in 2004 where I began working as a customer service manager. In 2008, amidst a cluster group revamp for Kuehne + Nagel, I moved to Singapore to take on an operational sea freight management role. A Fresh Coat of Paint.