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This Week in Logistics News (January 14-18, 2013)

Adrian Gonzalez January 18, 2013

Countless: the number of double spaces after periods I’ve had to delete as an editor over the years. Last weekend, Slate republished a much discussed

This Week in Logistics News (January 7-11, 2013)

Adrian Gonzalez January 11, 2013

No time to waste this morning, as I have a lunch date planned with my soon to be five year old daughter. Here’s the news

Vested Outsourcing: The ‘Mind Shift’ is Finally Happening

Adrian Gonzalez January 9, 2013

Back in April 2009, I took a 2.5-day course on Vested Outsourcing (called “Performance-Based Outsourcing” at the time) at the University of Tennessee. Halfway through

This Week in Logistics News (December 31, 2012 – January 4, 2013)

Adrian Gonzalez January 4, 2013

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing vacation. Now it’s back to the grind — and fun. There was very little

Rethinking Supply Chain Risk Management

Adrian Gonzalez January 2, 2013

One of my predictions for 2012, in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake and Thailand floods in 2011, was that supply chain risk management would

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Putting Leadership Development Back on Your Calendar

Adrian Gonzalez January 1, 2013

I’m too busy (in meetings, on the road, dealing with operational issues, sifting through countless emails and voicemails…) to invest time in leadership development and

Want a Fast-Response Supply Chain? Facilitate People-to-People Communication

Adrian Gonzalez December 18, 2012

What is needed [in a dynamic business environment] is a supply chain of rapid response…Many people who work in the materials business [and] talk about