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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

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The Japanese Earthquake of 2011 and resulting tsunami are not exactly top of mind these days. On Friday March 11, 2011, at about 2:45PM local time, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck. You may remember the death and destruction from 2011 and draw a connection to the toll of the current coronavirus pandemic.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2011, Yannis Skoufalos became the Global Product Supply Officer at Procter & Gamble. Discontinued in 2011. 2011-Divestiture of Pringles to Kellogg for 2.7B$ 2014-Sale of IAMS to Mars for 2.9B$ 2015-Sale of 43 P&G Beauty Brands to Coty for 12.5B$. Yannis transitioned from the role after eight years in 2019.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

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information is courtesy of this site: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/rpt/2011-R-0389.htm It requires corporations or entities with at least 10 service stations in a county to have access to at least one portable generator.”

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ToolsGroup Names David Barton General Manager of North America

ToolsGroup

Barton succeeds Patrick Smith, who served as managing director for North America from 2011 to February 2019. Barton will be responsible for all operations, including sales, professional services, customer success and administration.

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Introducing Supply Chain Power Influencers on Twitter

Supply Chain Opz

In 2011, a research team consists of the experts from University of Michigan and Yahoo, Inc published the article named " Everyone’s an Influencer: Quantifying Influence on Twitter ". " in the attempt to identify top social media writers and experts on Twitter.

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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained

Supply Chain Opz

For example, in 2011 Amazon initiated a program called Amazon Prime (free 2-day shipping and discounted 1-day shipping). I totally agree that we should focus on the customers needs but this doesnt seem to be enough these days. The reason is that your customers may not know what they need until your competitors offer something different.

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Welcome 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

Past Prediction Articles: If you want to read my past trend articles checkout the article from 2018 and 2011. Traditional supply chain planning companies will lose market share to best-of-breed companies, and large system integrators will fight over table scraps in the post-ERP era. These are my thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you.