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Richard Jackson: Purchasing Power
From cancer cultures to special valves to dual-engine aircraft, Richard Jackson stood ready to find and deliver almost anything. As manager of export purchasing for chemical company ICI Americas (later Zeneca and AstraZeneca) until his retirement in 1993, Jackson tapped U.S. suppliers for materials and equipment his company’s overseas facilities couldn’t find in their own […]
Read MoreSeeing Is Believing
TBI, a non-profit network of eye and tissue donor banks, relies on supply chain management to expedite time- and temperature-sensitive shipments to doctors and hospitals worldwide.
Read MoreGalen Erickson: Back to the Sporting Life
After seven years calling balls and strikes in the minor leagues, Galen Erickson was looking for a major change. The former umpire soon found a new career in logistics, rising from receiving dock supervisor to vice president of distribution at Phoenix-based Broadway Southwest Department Stores. Later, he advanced to executive positions with—among other companies—Leslie Fay […]
Read MoreLogility: May the Source Be With You
Collaborative sourcing management steers Bell Sports toward greater control over its brands.
Read MoreParcel Direct: Built for Speed
A network of high-tech distribution centers helps Parcel Direct pass deep postal discounts on to its customers, while speeding delivery to final destination.
Read MoreBill Jones: Distribution and the Deep Blue Sea
Twenty-seven years ago, the day school let out, Bill Jones and his father went to buy a pair of boots. The 14-year-old needed them for a summer job with his mother’s employer, Pacific Seafood of Portland, Ore. From then on, summers and weekends, Jones ripped the backs off Dungeness crabs, built boxes, shoveled ice, and […]
Read MoreFlex Time: Finding Adaptable Software
Adjust-it-yourself supply chain software helps a fast-growing retail chain bend the rules.
Read MoreCoty’s DC Gets a New Look
Coty gives its DC a facelift by optimizing the building’s cube and adding automation. Now it serves demanding retail customers from one location.
Read MoreMike Bates: Location, Lead Time and a Quick Bulkhead Fix
Location might not be everything, but in Mike Bates’ job it counts for a lot. As inbound freight logistics manager for Thurston Foods, Bates wages an endless campaign to find carriers to serve his warehouse in Wallingford, Conn. With few outbound loads available in the area, truckers delivering to the regional food service distributor often […]
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