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Highlights from Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference 2015

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Guy Kawasaki, marketing guru and entrepreneur, offered a compelling keynote on innovation, drawing on examples from Apple, Google and Amazon among others. As stated in his presentation , “most companies define themselves in terms of what they already do, not the benefits they provide.” Don’t be afraid to roll the dice.

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Getting Up to Speed on Business Analytics at INFORMS

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At a time when Big Data and Analytics have the spotlight but still seem to be developing, it was inspiring to hear real examples of using analytics to drive cost savings, operational efficiencies and real tangible business value. For example, the 2014 Edelman winner was the Kid Risk Team at the U.S. Edelman gala.

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KataCon People: Skip Steward

The Lean Thinker

While many conferences are an audience listening to keynote presentations, KataCon is more of an annual get-together of a community. For example – I think it was Beth last year that said “We don’t experiment toward the target condition, we experiment against obstacles.” Copyright © 2015, Mark Rosenthal.

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The Cancer of Fear

The Lean Thinker

All of this is a unconscious but focused effort to present the illusion that things are progressing according to plan. Back in 2015 Liz Ryan wrote a piece in Forbes online called The Five Characteristics of Fear Based Leaders. Problems are being discussed in hallways, in side conversations, but not written down. Asking for help?

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STILL Celebrates 100th Birthday with More Innovation

Logistics Business Magazine

Only a few years after being founded as a repair workshop for electric motors, STILL presented their own products, such as the “Matador light station”, at the Leipzig Fair in 1924. Beginnings to breakthrough. The development and repair of electric motors, generators and transformers remained the core business for many years.

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CILT releases driver shortage report

Logistics Business Magazine

In 2015, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) carried out an opinion survey looking at the driver shortage crisis. The aim of this report is to establish a series of recommendations to fleet operators, industry and government, by examining the data and comparing it to the last report from 2015. Goods movement.

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“Selling Baoli creates strong customer relationships”

Logistics Business Magazine

the forklift truck manufacturer which is part of the KION Group, is currently present in 52 countries and pursues the ambitious goal of being successfully represented in 86 markets in the EMEA economic area in the coming years. The machine is presented there, tested together and evaluated. Baoli EMEA S.p.A. , MV: Very important!