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Time to Survive and Nexus Supplier Index: New Measures of Supply Chain Risk Management
Over the past two years, I’ve written extensively about the growing importance of supply chain risk management and supply chain mapping. See for example: Rethinking

Finding Happiness
It was my oldest son’s bar mitzvah this past Saturday, and as is customary at our congregation, he prepared a d’var Torah — a brief

This Week in Logistics News (June 1-5, 2015)
I’m on limited time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: enVista Launches

Amazon Tests Robots for Warehouse Item Picking
At last week’s ICRA 2015 conference, an international forum for robotics researchers, Amazon hosted the “Amazon Picking Challenge,” where robots from 27 entrants from around

The Common Thread in Supply Chain Disputes
Earlier this year on Talking Logistics, I spoke with Sarah Rathke, a partner at the international law firm of Squire Patton Boggs LLP. Her practice

This Week in Logistics News (May 25-29, 2015)
The cops showed up at my house this morning at 8:05 am — a squad car and a motorcycle escort. I knew this was going to

The New JDA: Focused on the 3PL Industry (Takeaways from FOCUS 2015 Conference)
“It feels like a new JDA.” That’s how JDA Software’s CEO, Baljit Dail, summarized the feedback he was getting from customers and partners at FOCUS

This Week in Logistics News (May 18-22, 2015)
Last year, on the Thursday heading into Memorial Day weekend, I wrote the following: As you read this, I’ll be driving to a baseball tournament
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