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The Rainmakers

DC Velocity

Do you have any favorite topics or studies? Two of our annual studies are among my favorites. My other favorite study is our annual Top Industry Issues Survey. A: Supply chain is a competitive field and presents many opportunities for strong and capable talent. Q: What has kept you interested in your work?

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The CEO’s New Strategy

The Lean Thinker

The consultants set up their laptops and pretended to produce all sorts of presentations, though the presentations were actually jargon, buzzwords and gibberish. They demanded all sorts of information about customers, sales, products, and market sectors while they worked their PowerPoint far into the night.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. In reality, it would take several rounds of fine-tuning to get all the orders sorted into routes without leaving any vehicles underutilised.”

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FedEx Founder Fred Smith passes at the age of 80

Commercial Carrier Journal

FedEx Smith was a trustee for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Director of the American Battle Monuments Foundation, and a member of the Business Council. He left the Marine Corps in 1970 as a Captain, and would often joke that he received his "business degree" from the USMC. He also served as chairman of the U.S.

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The Cancer of Fear

The Lean Thinker

All of this is a unconscious but focused effort to present the illusion that things are progressing according to plan. He is getting the response he expects – people are not offering thoughts (other than his) for improvements, though they are experimenting in stealth mode in a sort of continuous improvement underground.

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4 Benefits Shippers Realize when Transportation EDI is Utilized in a TMS

GlobalTranz

According to a research study from Forrester, EDI continues to prove its worth as an electronic message data format. Finally, there is also resources needed in your transportation department, since there no longer has to be an employee present to handle these sorts of tasks.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

The transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. In reality, it would take several rounds of fine-tuning to get all the orders sorted into routes without leaving any vehicles underutilised.