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Measuring the Value of the Supply Chain

09/11/2009 at 1:56 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

Enrico Camerinelli, senior analyst at the Celent Banking Group, has recorded his experiences with the financial supply chain in a book.  He describes the bridge between the supply chain manager and the CFO as being threefold: 1) it is hard to...

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Dynamic supply chain alignment

08/15/2009 at 1:43 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

Ten years after 'Strategic supply chain alignment', John Gattorna provides a new business model for the supply chains of 21st century companies. In 'Dynamic supply chain alignment', he explains how multiple supply chains can be established and...

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Hidden champions

08/11/2009 at 1:51 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

Hermann Simon has been studying ‘Hidden champions’ for more than twenty years, and already published some of his findings in 1996. In this sequel, he mainly focuses on the influence of globalisation on these companies. ‘Hidden champions’ are...

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The Contract Scorecard

08/11/2009 at 1:46 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

With 'The contract scorecard', author Sara Cullen guides her reader, step by step, through the various elements of an outsourcing contract. The ‘contract scorecard’ consists of four quadrants: quality, finance, relationship and strategy. Cullen...

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1609: The forgotten history of Hudson

06/15/2009 at 10:39 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

With just a slight twist of fate, New York might have been called Nouveau Paris. The English sailor Henry Hudson, who sailed to America on the ship Half Moon four hundred years ago on behalf of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), was also at the time...

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Visible Cities

06/11/2009 at 10:46 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

In his book ‘Visible Cities’, the Leiden historian Leon Blussé paints a clear picture of the economic world of the 16 th, 17th and 18th centuries based on a study of three key cities: Canton in China, Nagasaki in Japan and Batavia in the Dutch...

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Humanitarian Logistics

06/10/2009 at 1:37 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

The scope and complexity of humanitarian disasters have greatly increased over the past years. The book 'Humanitarian Logistics', which was published in February, gives a clear overview of the challenges and developments in humanitarian logistics....

Enver Yücesan

04/20/2009 at 9:56 am | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

Professor of Operations Research at INSEADAs yet still relatively unknown, Enver Yücesan focuses on tactical, operational problems such as process analysis and manufacturing planning. In addition, he is a specialist in computer simulations, with...

Dr. Mitchell Tseng

04/20/2009 at 9:54 am | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

Adjunct Professor MIT Zaragoza           Mitchell Tseng is internationally renowned for his work in mass customization and global manufacturing. Since his inauguration in 2001, Tseng has been co-chairman of the International Mass Custo...

Prof. dr. Ulrich Thonemann

04/20/2009 at 9:51 am | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

University of Cologne   Ulrich Thonemann has extensive experience in analysing and addressing key factors in supply chain transformation, and is a regular speaker at industry congresses. As an assistant professor at Stanford University in the ...

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