Business Management Books: The 25 Most Influential – Ever!

Toyota Production System

In 2011, TIME Magazine assembled a list of what may be considered to be the 25 Most Influential Business Management Books of the modern era. Great books are timeless. They outlive their creators. They live on in the thoughts of their readers. They endure for generations and even centuries, in print or in digital format. [...]

Best Selling Books – Industry and Operations Management – Canada

Liquid Lean

The Supply Chain Almanac Book Club regularly reviews Best Selling Books in various categories, both in Canada and the USA. Here are Canada’s Best Sellers in Books – Industry and Operations Management, according to Amazon.ca. We have presented here detailed descriptions of each of the Top 10 Best Sellers. A list of the Top 25 Best Sellers, [...]

Hapag-Lloyd Celebrates 120 Years of Service to Canada

The "Neckar"

Hapag-Lloyd currently ranks as the fourth-largest liner shipping company in the world. This summer, the company celebrated 120 years of service to and from Canada. The history of its contribution to the Canadian mosaic is fascinating, and is described on the Hapag-Lloyd web site : As Canadian routes became increasingly attractive from an economic point of [...]

Detroit – Windsor Border Crossing – New Bridge is Great News for Supply Chain, Trades, Employment

Ambassador Bridge at Detroit Windsor Border Crossing

The planned construction of a new border crossing between Canada and the USA at Windsor-Detroit is welcome news to supply chain practitioners, tradesmen, labourers, and communities on both sides of the border. Canada and the United States are huge trading partners. The United States is by far Canada’s biggest trading partner, accounting for between 62% [...]

Best Selling Books, Business and Investing: Canada

Thinking, Fast and Slow

The Supply Chain Almanac Book Club regularly reviews Best Selling Books in various categories, both in Canada and the USA. Here are Canada’s Best Sellers in Business and Investing, as at June 7, 2012, according to Amazon.ca. Additional detail about the The Top Ten follows immediately after the 25 Best Sellers Ranking. I recommend that you [...]

Canada’s Most Valuable Brands: TD Takes Top Spot

Lululemon

“The Brand”. Developing its value is Job One for every marketeer and ad executive on the face of the earth. It is the driver of small and big business decisions throughout most commercial enterprises. It shapes supply chain strategy. It determines promotional campaigns. It shapes pricing decisions. It is a key determinant of operating decisions [...]

Supply Chain Books: Awesome Prices! Fantastic Selection!

The Supply Chain Almanac Store

Supply Chain Almanac brings the world of Amazon to your doorstep! The Supply Chain Almanac e-Store: This is your opportunity to purchase books, magazines, Kindle products, Office Supplies, and even Tools and Hardware at rock-bottom prices! The Supply Chain Almanac e-Store is now powered by Amazon, in both the United States and Canada. Look to [...]

D Day Remembered: The Logistics of an Invasion

Landing at Omaha Beach June 6, 2012

Good logistics alone can’t win a war. Bad logistics alone can lose it. —General Brehon B. Somervell Commanding General Army Services Forces, 1942   This morning, June 3, 2012, I attended a Memorial Service in recognition of the 68th anniversary of D Day. On June 6, 1944, Allied Armed Forces attacked Axis defenders at the [...]

SCM Talent: Acquisition and Retention

Matching the Right Candidate to the Position

How does a company track down just the right person to fill a need in their supply chain, given the breadth of the challenge facing today’s, and tomorrow’s economies? How can skills be matched with the requirements, both of which are ever-evolving? Speaking at Supply Chain Canada’s annual conference in Toronto May 8, 2012, Chris [...]

Keynote Advice: “It’s about reinventing, transforming, and innovating, every single day”

John Tory

“Not one person in 2012 should be going into work without the goal of “reinventing themselves” every day.” This was a key piece of advice given by John Tory during his opening keynote speech at Supply Chain and Logistics Canada’s 45th Annual Conference in Toronto today. John Tory is a household name in Canada’s Province [...]

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