The Professor’s Notes

For those not practicing the fine art of Ostrich-ing (hiding your head in the sand), you will note that the dollar is performing poorly against most (all?) international currencies at this time. Of course, the media is reporting this as yet another indicator that times are tough.
Alas, all is not as clear when assessing [...]

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 The alert reader has no doubt heard and read stories about the US Air Force’s selection of the next air refueling aircraft, or “Tanker.”  In what to many was a surprise move, the Air Force selected the Northrup Grumman/AEDS (Airbus) proposal rather than the Boeing proposal.  And, not surprisingly, Boeing has objected to losing what [...]

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I have to admit, I am a water junky. I drink most likely gallons of water a day. I have all but abandoned sodas, and only drink coffee in the morning. Otherwise, it’s all water. Of course, having such a water addiction means that I, like most junkies, want my “fix” all [...]

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As you may have noticed, in addition to the podcast recording of the presentation, I am including the pdf of the paper, as well as the PowerPoint slides from the presentation. I decided to also make these available as part of the “podcast” subscription feed. If you subscribe to the podcast, you will also receive [...]

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As you may have noticed, in addition to the podcast recording of the presentation, I am including the pdf of the paper, as well as the PowerPoint slides from the presentation. I decided to also make these available as part of the “podcast” subscription feed. If you subscribe to the podcast, you will [...]

 Paper on Podcasting in SC Education from Proceedings CSCMP Educators Conference: Download (146)

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I presented my paper on Podcasting in Supply Chain Education. The paper received the “Teaching Innovation Award” for best paper in teaching innovations.
From the paper:
“Podcasting” has taken the technological and hobbyist worlds by storm, allowing for the creation of highly specialized audio (and now video) productions for delivery over the internet. This [...]

 

 Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (629)
 Podcasting in Education Presentation PowerPoint slides: Download
 Paper on Podcasting in Supply Chain Education from Proceedings at CSCMP Educators Conference: Download (146)

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I have posted this over at “Supply Chain Innovations Today” but wanted to cross-post here.
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DC Velocity has published a great article pointing out the way in which logistics (and by extension, supply chain management) comes through time and time again–and occasionally with a high profile effort. In this case, the author writes about the [...]

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As many of you know, one of my research areas of interest is “Space Logistics” and “Interplanetary Supply Chain Management.” We presented three papers a conference in April, and one of them (lead-author by Mke M) looked at Submarines as an analogy to long duration space missions.
NASA has another on-going mission—NEEMO. This mission titled [...]

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Amazon.com: Why ERP? A Primer on SAP Implementation: Books: F. Robert Jacobs,David Clay Whybark:
“Why ERP? Because I didn’t have a choice as to read it or not. I’d rather take a bath in gasoline and light myself on fire than read this thing again.” (Reviewer’s comment)
Last posting, I put a story up about SAP releasing [...]

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I have argued, here and elsewhere, that the challenge that faces this great nation is far more complex than the armchair presidents would lead us to believe. The question “why wasn’t anything done sooner” inevitably comes back to the fundamental laws, and requirements, of the physics of movement and storage (Logistics, in other words.) [...]

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