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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

since 2004, hit an all-time high of 4,586 points in late March. This week’s video is my favorite commercial from 2020 – Dick’s Sporting Goods, See you Out There! American Shipper reported that indexes measuring container-ship rental rates are now dropping rapidly. the Nike article reminded me of it).

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5 examples of the black swan theory

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

SARS pandemic in 2002-2004 sped up the growth of the small company Alibaba, which traded over the Internet. The video game industry has taken the trend and has also dramatically changed course. Now it is a retail leader in Asia.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Attracting Millennials to Manufacturing: Understanding Millennial Experience in Order to Gain Talent

GlobalTranz

Millennials also saw simple video games become complex societies online , which allowed them to feel as though they were entitled to a Utopian existence. In 2004, Facebook was founded, and the future of inter-connected millennials would never be the same. Role of Social Media.

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Disaster Management & Logistics

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

According to this TEDx Video , between 1980 and 2009: The economic losses from natural disasters have more than tripled. However, the most difficult to prevent and avoid are Rapid onset natural disasters, such as the gigantic Tsunami of 2004, in Japan, that caused many deaths. A few statistics about Disasters. Preparedness Phase.

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Logistics behind the most valuable whiskey in the whole west: Jack Daniel’s.

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

I recommend you this video, and an Old-Fashioned whisky with 100% Jack No. 4 – Canadian Packaging (2004). For instance, the American brand Jack Daniel ‘s success in China and Europe has helped the company to sell more whiskey abroad than in the United States. 1 – Statista (2021). Taken from [link].

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Realising the sustainable joint land force

Logistics in War

A video recording of the Seminar can be found here. Sinews of War: Army Logistics, 1775-1953 , University Press of the Pacific, USA, 2004, 2 nd edition, p 655. The slide deck with full details of the proposed strategy can be found here or on request. David Beaumont is a serving Australian Army officer. 1] Huston, James A.,

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Women in Supply Chain – Imposter Syndrome – with Alma Arzate

Logistics Bureau

Be sure to watch the video below for more insights! And just to give you a better idea, when I was promoted to a people leader for the first time back in 2004, I was one of only four female managers in a group of 104 operations and supply chain managers. What is Imposter Syndrome? I mean still to this day, still to this day.