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Most people think of DCs—with their low pay, repetitive work and constant deadlines—as undesirable places to work. But then most people don't know about the DC run by Amy Carovillano.
If you're tempted to hire out some of those pesky non-core activities to an outside company, think twice, says Jim Tompkins. Unless you've developed a core competency in outsourcing itself, you could be worse off than when you started.
Signs have emerged in the last few months that point to a renaissance for the waterways. Frustrated by highway congestion and a shortage of trucks, shippers are giving the inland waterways another look.
Just what does a global logistics VP do at a company that has virtually no distribution assets? For IBM's Gary Smith, the answer is to run what must be the world's most complicated outsourcing program.
Though you might be surprised to hear it, there are more similarities than differences between private-sector logistics operations and those conducted by the various military branches that collectively make up the Department of Defense (DOD). For that reason, DC VELOCITY has carried considerable coverage of "defense logistics" in recent months.
Hurtling down open highways in "Mad Max" gun trucks dodging fused bombs may sound like something out of a videogame. But for military supply chain specialist Major Bob Curran, it's all in a day's work.
Sure, business professor John Langley could teach the principles of supply chain management using hypothetical textbook cases. But he thinks his students are better served by tackling real-life problems.