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Case Study: It’s a Shoe-in at Skechers EDC

Logistics Business Magazine

The Skechers and UniCarriers brands share a long history together: UniCarriers original brand Atlet delivered the first six forklifts to this American footwear company in 2002 when it was setting up its European sales and distribution network.

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What is The True State of The Supply Chain Industry?

10xLogistics

We also all like to engage in case studies of companies such as Zara and Dell (former Dell) where inventory management is legendary. The below graph shows the most current: As you can see, our inventory relative to sales is about where it was in 2002. That is possible and certainly deserves study. Lets first look at inventory.

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Auto Supplier Relations Not All That Sunny

Material Handling and Logistics

Five of the six major automakers manufacturing and selling vehicles in North America fell in their annual supplier relations rankings, according to the results of the 18th annual North American Automotive OEM - Supplier Working Relations Index Study conducted by Planning Perspectives, Inc. Ford is fourth (363).

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Penske Associates from Panama, Jamaica and France Become U.S. Citizens

Penske Move Ahead

Kamara’s grateful to her Penske team for making a game of asking one another questions from her citizenship study guide while on the job. Michael Brown, Technician II, Atlanta, Georgia – Penske Truck Leasing, emigrated from Jamaica to the United States in 2002. I was not expecting it at all,” she said.

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WFP delivers school meals in Nepal despite coronavirus closures

World Food Programme Logistics

Ashiki is keen to get back to her studies. Photo: WFP/Rajendra Rasaili The largest provider of school meals in the world, since 2002 WFP has been serving free nutritious midday meals to 250,000 children in public primary schools in Bajhang and 10 other districts in Western Nepal with funding from US Department of Agriculture.

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3PL gap is closing at the top

247 Customs Broker

Since 2002, Armstrong & Associates has surveyed 3PL managers and shippers to identify the most recognizable brands in third-party logistics. . The prominent consultancy also notes that a business that relies on reputation, quality, solutions, and scalability must never lose touch with its shippers as it grows its top line of revenue. .

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Reflections on East Timor by a logistics unit commander – twenty years on

Logistics in War

At the operational and tactical level, East Timor may not be a great case study for combat arms officers however for the logistician [1] , there are lessons to be learned at every level from the Commander Joint Logistics down to the private soldier. However, for simplicity I’ll use the term logistics. [2]