Author Archives: just2bruce

Walmart Targets Amazon in Distribution E-Commerce

Is Wal-Mart really going after Amazon? I can’t believe people will go to stores to pick up goods ordered online. But then I’m a man.  Perhaps women may feel differently!

Walmart Targets Amazon in Potentially Costly Distribution E-Commerce Battle – Supply Chain 24/7.

Supersizing the Port of Long Beach

A great article on John Slangerup, the new head of the Port of Long Beach, CA, and the efforts to fit the port in better with supply chain realities.  An important feature: his outreach effort across the country to let people know the port will address supply chain issues for the end user of the cargoes.  That’s a big step forward, and it’s needed at all our ports.

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Supersizing the Port of Long Beach: Big plans to streamline logistics, grow capacity, and switch to ‘green’ power – The Orange County Register.

Gartner Announces 2015 Supply Chain Top 25

Gartner’s top supply chain firms for this year. As I’ve written, it is biased toward companies with large capitalization, but still there are a lot of fine companies here that have worked very hard on their supply chains.

Gartner Announces Their Supply Chain Top 25 Rankings For 2015 – Supply Chain 24/7.