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Taking a Big Picture View of Supply Chain Networks

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In 2006, British mathematician Clive Humby coined the phrase “data is the new oil” to help make his point that corporate data has the potential to be an incredibly valuable resource. Data integrity. But he also rightly noted that data, as with oil, is just raw crude if it’s not refined.

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Q&A: Bill Driegert, director of Uber Freight

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Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman caught up with Bill Driegert , director of Uber Freight , earlier this month. It is the tightest market I have ever seen since 2006. What are the biggest challenges these things present, especially on the driver side? Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. About the Author.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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Most sustainability books in my view do not present the full 360 view. Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. Posted on: Jun, 27 2016.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. Managing Director, AD Supply Chain Group Pty Ltd. God bless america from its present distraction.

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C-TPAT Survey - Be careful what you ask for.

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CBP selected 24 C-TPAT members to work with the university on developing the data collection tool. In 2006, CBP inspectors visited 16 countries, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Oman, Jordan, the UAE and Cambodia, for the first time. CBP turned to the University of Virginia to help design and conduct the survey.

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