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Jul 11, 2012

Airbus, Boeing, and CAT Discover Supplier Integration Comes Down to Hard Work

The article in today’s WSJ refers to the new approach being used by Airbus and Boeing to “integrate” suppliers.  Supplier integration and collaboration are terms that are thrown around a…

Jul 5, 2012

What does B stand for in BRIC Logistics Trends?

Prior discussions I’ve had with supply chain executives have alluded to the many challenges that exist in the BRIC economies.  Brazil is the first letter in BRIC, and perhaps also…

Jul 3, 2012

They're Posted! Latest Supply Chain Sustainability Benchmark Reports!

Every other year, a team of MBA students from the Poole College of Management take a one credit class I teach on supply chain sustainability.  As part of this class,…

Jun 29, 2012

Supreme Court Passes ObamaCare – but the Real Work Lies Ahead…

The passing of the Obama Healthcare Reform Act, and the subsequent vote by the Supreme Court that the requirement that forces individuals to pay a tax if they do not…

Jun 29, 2012

Upsides and Downsides of Logistics Clusters

As Yossi Sheffi pointed out at the SCL Europe conference last week, logisics clusters have positive AND negative consequences as well.  One of the biggest negatives is the environmental impact,…

Jun 20, 2012

An interview with Yossi Sheffi on Logistics Clusters

Yossi Sheffi from MIT’s Sloan School of Management presented at the SCL Europe meeting in Berlin today, and spoke about his upcoming book on logistics clusters.  These comments provide some…

Jun 20, 2012

Emphasizing PEOPLE and PROCESS in Beiersdorf's global supply chains

I sat in on a panel debate today at the World Trade Group meeting for Supply Chain and Logistics Europe in Berlin.  During the panel, I had an opportunity to…

Jun 10, 2012

News from the UK: Coffee with Gerard Chick

Had coffee with my friend Gerard Chick while in London this week, who is on the research team at CIPS (the Chartered Institute of Professional Supply Management).  Gerard and I…

Jun 1, 2012

A new way of looking at the biopharma industry

My new book comes out this month, which focuses on the biopharma supply chain and the numerous trends and challenges that exist today, and which will continue to occur down…

May 17, 2012

End-to-end supply chain sustainability: Novozymes lives it every day!!

Novozymes is a major producer of biochemical enzymes, with headquarters in Copenhagen and major manufacturing sites all over the world, including Franklin County, not far from NC State University.   Its…