Tag: Agility
Cyclone Nargis and the Sichuan earthquake: emergency logistics coordination and the politics of paperwork
The CILT‘s Humanitarian and Emergencies Logistics Professionals (HELP) Forum met again on Tuesday last week (28 Oct 2008). It was another interesting session, so I thought I would post a brief report (with a long title). My apologies if I have mangled any of the following in transcribing my notes. For those that don’t know, [...]
Categories: Supply Chain News and Comment.
Tags: Agility, CILT, Cyclone Nargis, disaster relief, Global Logistics Cluster, HELP Forum, Humanitarian Logistics, Logistics Emergency Teams, Save the Children, Sichuan earthquake, tsunami
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Dell cuts jobs: even supply chain leaders can fail
A few days ago Dell announced that it was planning to cut about 10% of its global workforce in order to remain competitive. Stories like this are always disappointing, but this one is particularly so because Dell has been such a good example of how to build a successful business around a radical and effective [...]
Categories: Supply Chain News and Comment.
Tags: Agility, Manufacturing
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Print-on-demand comes to book trade?
On the BBC’s Today programme this morning, business reporter Greg Wood interviewed Neill Denny, editor in chief of the Bookseller about “print-on-demand”. New technology allows book stores to print a single copy of a book for a customer. I don’t suppose this is ever going to happen for the latest Harry Potter or Bridget Jones, [...]
Categories: Supply Chain News and Comment.
Tags: Agility, Green Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Technology
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