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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Darren Prokop, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA): As in the academic world in general, there is a trend to online course delivery. We have different tools to incorporate these trends in our program. My courses change from year to year based on industry events and trends.

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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, with a considerable proportion of that growth achieved by way of acquisitions. The Path to Cost Reduction: Terex decided to replace the outdated manual yard management process with a new, digital solution using RFID tracking. Making Supply Chain Cost Reductions Stick.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Supply Chain Cost Management Results: By the time Starbucks had completed its transformation program, it had saved more than $500 million over the course of 2009 and 2010, of which a large proportion came out of the supply chain, according to Peter Gibbons, then Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain Operations.