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The Counter to Constant Supply Chain Volatility Is Pervasive Visibility and Industry Collaboration

Logistics Viewpoints

Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them. And what is sitting in the warehouse. And at the cross-dock.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. Supply Chain Strategy. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers.

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7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. Supply Chain Strategy. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers.

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Supply Chain Management:Confluence of IT and Business Strategy.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

« How to make Preventive Maintenance a way of life in SAP APO Support Projects - Part 1 | Main | How to make Preventive Maintenance a way of life in SAP APO Support Projects - Part 2 » Confluence of IT and Business Strategy for a Transformation program. These forms key contributors to an effective transformation exercise.

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Russia’s low-cost influence strategy finds success in Serbia

247 Customs Broker

The gift of the jets encapsulates Russian strategy in Serbia — and much of the world. It has muscle-bound allies in a Serbian biker gang that is closely linked to Putin and helped Russia seize Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. The Serbian president heaped praise on Russian President Vladi­mir Putin. Savic said he has met Putin six times.

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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?

Logistics in War

The Royal Australian Air Force, now armed with the fifth-generation fighter and other impressive air capabilities guided by a wholesale transformation strategy – Plan Jericho, has recently debated the need for a joint strike capability. Logistics and strategy are inseparable, each meaningless without the other. By David Beaumont.

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Defining strategic competition – how logistics makes a military credible

Logistics in War

Above all else is logistics, which begins where military activity meets the national economy, and fundamentally leads strategy and any intent to use force. Strategic competition has always been defined by logistics, and the credibility of a nation to deploy and sustain force is important not just for strategy, but for deterrence.