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DECEMBER 21, 2005
This is my last post for 2005. I will enjoy the season with family and friends from now, until January 3, 2006. Look for my next post in mid January! I would like to wish everyone that has visited the blog a safe, festive Holiday Season. All the best to you and yours in 2006! Sincerely, Michael Stolarczyk PS: Merry Christmas to all, and to all a great night!
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DECEMBER 20, 2005
The purpose of any automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) system is to provide a quick and accurate way to enter data into an IT system. But the old maxim, garbage in, garbage out still applies. Without a consistent means to represent data within a bar code, RFID tag, XML, or other form of data exchange, there's no check on the quality of the data entering the system.
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DECEMBER 14, 2005
Deutsche Post completes Exel takeover Deutsche Post, Europe's largest postal service and owner of DHL, today completed the acquisition of U.K. logistics company Exel, for 5.6 billion euros ($6.7 billion). Deutsche Post, based in Bonn, Germany, has 380,000 employees worldwide. Exel has 111,000 employees working in 135 countries. With the purchase of Exel, Deutsche Post will control about 10 percent of global logistics business.
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DECEMBER 6, 2005
TNT plans logistics unit sale Dutch mail and global logistics provider TNT said today it plans to sell off its logistics unit TNT Logistics to focus on its mail, express and freight management sectors. TNT did not disclose if it is in talks with any buyer, but said that it expects to complete the transaction, subject to shareholder approval, in the second half of 2006.
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NOVEMBER 28, 2005
The 12th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers(9-1, 6-0) defeated Pittsburgh, 45-13 on Thursday night to clinch at least a share of the Big East title. On Saturday, the Mountaineers claimed it outright after Connecticut upset South Florida, 15-10 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. The most likely bowl destination for West Virginia will either be the Sugar Bowl to be played in Atlanta this year or the Orange Bowl in Miami.
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NOVEMBER 8, 2005
I was going through an old presentation that I made to a group of students and found this thread. The greatest risk is never taking one. As early as possible, everyone has to take control of his or her career and personal life. Manage your life as you would manage your own business: Pro-actively, diligently, intensely. Never assume someone will look out for you, or manage your life.you have to take the initiative and constantly facilitate your own personal and professional life.
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NOVEMBER 4, 2005
In warehousing and transportation operations, anyone can buy trucks, rent a warehouse, fill it with racking, forklifts and even the latest logistics systems…and still end up with a dysfunctional and failed operation. How can your organization dodge this classic ending to a very old story? Here are a few suggestions: Foresight: Taking into account all available knowledge and data, develop a vision and understanding of the task or operation to be planned.
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AUGUST 10, 2005
The Long Tail in probability theory The long tail is the colloquial name given to a long-known feature of statistical distributions ( Zipf , Power-laws , Pareto distributions and/or Levy distributions ). They are also known as "heavy tails", "power-law tails" or "Pareto tails". Such distributions can be visualized by the image of the graph on this page.
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DECEMBER 1, 2005
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NOVEMBER 15, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores's supply-chain management innovations have driven an overall productivity increase in the U.S. economy, according to a new study by the Global Insight research company. The findings of Global Insight's "The Economic Impact of Wal-Mart" were revealed last week. Among them: that Wal-Mart's direct and indirect effects on the rest of the retail industry led to a 3.1-percent decline in overall consumer prices between 1985 and 2004.
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