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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

Doug is the CEO of Echo Global Logistics , a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. From 1986 to 1998, Waggoner held a variety of positions in sales, operations, marketing, and engineering at Yellow Transportation before becoming Vice President of Customer Service.

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Omni-Channel’s Ripple Effect on Transportation

Logistics Viewpoints

When Transportation Optimization and New Shopping Behaviors Collide One needs to go back to the early 2000s to see green shoots of modern omni-channel retail. Indeed, by 2002, Best Buy was saying more than half of its customers were checking its website before coming to the store.

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Trane Technologies’ Digital Simulation Journey

DELMIA Quintiq

Through our strategic brands Trane® and Thermo King® and our extended portfolio of environmentally responsible products and services, we bring efficient and sustainable climate solutions to buildings, homes, and transportation. 1] Although the Digital Twin terminology has evolved since its inception in 2002 by Dr. M.

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What does increasing regulatory oversight mean for the pharma supply chain?

The Network Effect

Within a decade, the number of FDA warning letters sent to medical device manufacturers has increased threefold, from 61 letters in 2002 to 181 in 2012 (EC A 2012). Shifting disease patterns and innovative products will have an impact on what and how we store and transport.

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Building Value Networks. Stopping the Backward Slide.

Supply Chain Shaman

I was a Gartner analyst in the period of 2000-2002 when trading exchanges were cool. Supplier reliability and the bi-directional flow of data at the speed of business improve agility and decreases the issues with having the wrong inventory or aligning transportation inbound logistics with manufacturing scheduling. It is a messy market.

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Measuring Transportation Vehicle Utilization: The KPIs

SCMDOJO

In the fast-paced world of logistics, efficient transportation is paramount. To stay competitive and sustainable, businesses must maximize their transportation vehicle utilization. References: Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Road Freight Transport and the Environment. Kearney, A. Mackie, P.

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Supply Chain 2030 with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

TMSAElevate2023 #SupplyChainChallenges #EmployerOfChoice About Ron Crabtree Ron , CIRM, MLSSBB,CSCTA, CPOE is the founder and CEO (2002) of MetaOps & MetaExperts Inc. he is an internationally recognized expert in leading-edge business process improvement methodologies.