This was a busy week for supply chain and logistics conferences, with Manhattan Associates, RedPrairie, and Transplace (among others) holding events this week. With 52 weeks in a year, why cram so many industry events into a single week? I still can’t figure it out, but we’ll share our takeaways from the events we attended next week. In the meantime, here’s the news that caught our attention this week:
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This morning I am giving a presentation on “Putting Leadership Development and Education Back on Your Calendar…and Budget” at the CSCMP New England Roundtable Executive Breakfast. I wrote about this topic last year in “What’s Missing in Your 2012 Budget?” and I’m sure I’ll gain some new insights from this morning’s conversation, which I’ll share in a future posting. In the meantime, here are some news items that caught… Continue reading
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Another surprising acquisition related to logistics: Delta announced on Monday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Monroe Energy LLC is acquiring the Trainer refinery complex near Philadelphia for $150 million (after $30 million in state government assistance). The company plans to invest an additional $100 million in infrastructure enhancements to maximize jet fuel production. Here are some excerpts from the press release:
“Acquiring the Trainer refinery is an… Continue reading
A friend of mine pointed me to an interesting blog posting titled “Why Angels Chase Electrons” by Christopher Mirabile, Managing Director of Launchpad Venture Group, a venture investment group focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-oriented companies. The posting was in response to a question an entrepreneur had asked Mr. Mirabile: “Why do angel investors (and to some extent, VCs) turn up their noses at real, down-to-earth… Continue reading
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