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It doesn't take magic to create an award-winning work environment, says Doug Eckrote of CDW. You just have to keep the lines of communication open and empower your people to make decisions.
After the company announced plans to buy Maytag, Whirlpool's supply chain team faced the daunting challenge of combining the supply chains of two of the world's largest appliance makers while conducting business as usual.
Last fall, DC VELOCITY Editor at Large Steve Geary wrote about the role of supply chain initiatives in helping rebuild the Iraqi economy ("can a supply chain promote peace?" November 2007). At the time, Geary was deployed in Iraq, working as a member of a team charged with promoting employment in the war-torn nation. In this follow-up article, he looks at developments in that initiative in the months since he filed his initial report.
As most any business person will agree, in the global market of the 21st century, the unrestricted flow of information is as critical to success as the unrestricted flow of goods. By creating barriers to the flow of information, the Chinese government is creating barriers to global trade.
There's not much logistics managers in the food industry can do about rising fuel costs. But there still may be some things managers can do to make those networks even more efficient.