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Aug 31, 2012

Thoughts for Labor Day

As we go into Labor Day in the United States, people are thinking about those who work for a living – e.g. those who Labor.  But what does Labor actually…

Aug 27, 2012

The Power of Bloomberg in Creating Supply Chain Intelligence and Risk Alerts

Supply chains are difficult to study.  People do not want analysts knowing about their supply chains.  So creating market intelligence around supply chains is extremely challenging.  Yet analysts rely on…

Aug 22, 2012

ISM Risk Webinar today

I will be making a presentation to the ISM Risk group on Thursday. My presentation can be found at this site. In this presentation, I will be talking about some…

Aug 18, 2012

More About the "Influence Model"

My last post was on the influence model applied to product design for the supply chain, following an interview with an engineer.  A prior post a few months ago also…

Aug 15, 2012

Using the Influence Model to Improve Quality and Cost in Product Design

I recently spoke to an individual whose title was Director of Engineering Operations at a major technology company.  He shared with me details regarding his role, and the relationship to…

Aug 13, 2012

Unilever's End-to-End Sustainability Push: Hitting all elements of the supply chain…

Unilever’s Corporate Sustainability Report came out in the last month, and was received with great fanfare.  Some of the highlights identified in the first year of its Sustainable Living Plan released…

Aug 7, 2012

Key Forces to Consider that will Impact the Future Global Logistics Environment

Today’s global logistics environment is characterized by increasing complexity and a much greater number of parameters shaping the logistics environment. The speed of trends is breathtaking and increasingly complicated –…

Jul 30, 2012

A differentiated lean volume channel strategy for Russia and India

I recently spoke with a CFO in charge of building a global value chain into India and Russia, who shared with me some of his insights on the differentiated supply…

Jul 25, 2012

Insights from the Logistics Hub of Europe (or why flowers from Kenya are more sustainable than those from Holland)

Today had an opportunity to speak with Enno Osinga, Senior Vice President of Cargo Operations at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.  For the uninitiated, the Netherlands has the largest number of European DC’s, with…

Jul 17, 2012

Five "Not so Easy" Pieces: Globalizing the Industrial Supply Chain

This summer we kicked off a new research project being sponsored by for BVL International entitled “Trends and Strategies in SCM/Logistics”.  BVL International is a non-profit neutral platform to promote…