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* Oh My God! Rolling on the floor laughing! “Distinguishing the Indistinguishable: Exploring Differences in Supply Chain Software Packages Using Centering Resonance Text Analysis” What the f*ck? You mean he’s serious? One of the presentations I just had to sit in on at the 5th Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management was [...]
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Astute readers will have noticed a comment yesterday by one Ron Holland of FreedomFest News, regarding the creation of the Free Market Hall of Fame where members of the Freedom Movement (not clearly defined or referenced on the site) will have the opportunity to initially vote on individuals contributing most to the success and advancement [...]
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Last month I reported that Cadbury, who was making grandiose efforts to become synonymous with the color purple was down on its luck and was announcing massive job cuts to try and right the ship. But before you go feeling sorry for the sugary giant (which is the world’s largest confectionary company with revenues [...]
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Capitalism, the foundation for a free market, has its cost. It’s called inflation. And when that cost is accompanied by rising raw materials prices, especially in metals, that cost multiplies. We’ve all heard the arguments that we should at least stop using pennies in North America, since the average penny cost 1.25 [...]
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A lot of people don’t like the military and do their best to find and pen disparaging articles on it. And that’s okay, it’s a free country. But every now and then you find an article like this one that really is quite disparaging. Army food is “cheaper than a dog’s dinner”. [...]
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Cadbury, who we know is making grandiose efforts to become synonymous with the color purple, is being hit with hard times. In addition to announcing job-cuts in the 7,500 range, it has also announced that it is planning to sell its US beverage unit (that makes Dr. Pepper, Snapple, and 7-Up) because, unlike Coca [...]
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And even if I didn’t know the start and end dates, such dates are easily deducible by recent blog activity. On the day ISM started, daily hits dropped by about a third. Now that ISM has been over for a day, hits are up. Way up - by over 50% relative to the norm as [...]
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As you know, Supply & Demand Chain Executive recently announced their Pros To Know for 2007. Like Jason, I think some names were missing from that list. Jason pointed out that Mickey North Rizza and Mark Hillman were conspicuously absent.
Today I make my first nomination to the Pros You Should Know - But [...]
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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. Considering the recent surge in
Holocaust denial, so much so that even Scott Adams could not avoid blogging about it, that makes this an important day. Think about it.
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat [...]
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