| Let's take a quick look and analyze your
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| | There is a common theme that the supply
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| position in the Supply Chain. You are
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| | chain is viewed as a freight problem with
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| either the one driving the truck, the one
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| | a geographic solution. The dilemma of
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| pumping the gas, or the one paying the
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| | reducing cost is measured in time or
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| other two. It does not matter if you are
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| | transportation, with the scales
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| a vendor, supplier, manufacturer, dealer,
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| | continuously pivoting to and fro.
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| service supplier or customer, the cost of
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| | Sometimes the objectives favor customer
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| freight either impacts the amount you
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| | satisfaction, speed to market and the
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| charge, the amount you are reimbursed or
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| | ability to deliver, while in other
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| the price you pay. It is safe to assume
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| | instances the burden favors the bottom
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| that you are the center of the universe
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| | line.Fortunately there is an alternative.
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| for your personal Supply Chain and that
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| | It is not about moving products more
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| suppliers and customers revolve around
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| | quickly, or choosing the most economical
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| your business. That was easy, now let's
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| | method of transportation, or the
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| move on.A zeitgeist must first understand
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| | geography. The new objective for business
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| how the threads of history have been
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| | is moving items less.For years companies
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| woven to reflect the patchwork quilt of
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| | have utilized computers and internal IT
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| the current generation, and only then
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| | development to create sophisticated
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| endeavor to peer into the next. Let's
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| | reports that measure business according
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| take a moment to contrast emerging
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| | to antiquated rules. The idea that
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| communication technologies as reflected
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| | generating forecasts for purchasing and
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| with Supply Chain Solutions and
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| | rotating inventory is based on the
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| transportation.The Pony ExpressThe famous
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| | assumption that stock must be owned and
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| Pony Express operated from April 1860 to
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| | managed in-house. IT development has been
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| November 1861. The cost of mail was $5
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| | used to provide expanded reports and
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| per 1/2 ounce, later reduced to $1 per 1
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| | expedited processes based on existing
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| 2 ounce. The quickest run took 7 days and
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| | procedures. This frequently results in a
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| 17 hours to carry President Lincoln's
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| | company investing millions of dollars to
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| inaugural address from St. Joseph,
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| | improve algorithms that forecast
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| Missouri to Sacramento, California.In
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| | purchases, increasing manual intervention
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| 1825, British inventor William Sturgeon
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| | to correct predictions in direct
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| exhibited a device that laid the
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| | proportion to the number of variables.
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| foundation for electronic communications,
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| | Not surprisingly, such IT investments
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| the electro-magnet. By 1830, an American,
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| | typically do not yield the desired bottom
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| Joseph Henry used Sturgeon's device to
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| | line results.Next generation of Supply
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| send an electric current over one mile of
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| | Chain Integration utilizes network
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| wire which caused a bell to strike. By
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| | connectivity with multiple vendors to
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| 1838 Samuel Morse gave a public
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| | reduce freight, transportation,
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| demonstration of an electromagnetic
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| | geographical boundaries and in some cases
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| device that embossed dots and dashes on a
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| | ownership. IT development is focused on
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| piece of paper. Five years later,
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| | integrating partners in collective,
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| Congress funded development to construct
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| | secure and collaborative networks for
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| an experimental telegraph line. On May
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| | shared visibility and planning. Data is
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| 24, 1844, the message "What hath God
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| | moved more effectively and efficiently
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| wrought?" was transmitted from the
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| | than products, parts or parcels.
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| Supreme Court chamber in the United
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| | Ownership transfers when orders transmit,
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| States Capitol to an office in Baltimore
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| | and inventory is managed in a manner that
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| and officially opened the first completed
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| | mitigates movement. Vendor Managed
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| telegraph line. Western Union built a
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| | Inventory can be achieved simultaneously
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| transcontinental telegraph line in 1861,
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| | with multiple vendors and numerous
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| and suddenly news by wire traveled faster
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| | customer partners through sophisticated
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| and reached more people than the parcels
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| | impartial third party integrators. The
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| by Pony.On March 10, 1876 Alexander
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| | exchange of products and purchases can be
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| Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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| | replaced by a data exchange, creating
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| Telephones quickly surpassed telegraphs
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| | total cost reductions that benefit the
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| as lines were installed, because it
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| | bottom line.The next generation of Supply
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| brought instant communication and
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| | Chain Integration can be achieved by
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| connectivity to the common man. Instant
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| | major manufacturers, dealers,
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| communication by phone quickly replaced
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| | distributors and service providers
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| Morse Code and Mail to stay
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| | through third party integration and
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| connected.Consolidated Freight, Low Rates
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| | common platforms. The greatest savings in
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| and SpeedIn 1907 James Casey borrowed
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| | the supply chain are not related to a
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| $100 from a friend to establish the
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| | truck, a plane or a warehouse. The
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| American Messenger System in Seattle,
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| | greatest efficiencies in the supply chain
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| Washington. The 19 year old founded his
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| | are coming from IT. Much like the impact
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| company on the principles of courtesy,
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| | of the telephone and telegraph to the
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| reliability and low rates. By 1913 his
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| | Pony Express, the Internet is providing
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| company acquired it's first automobile to
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| | the next generation of improvements for
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| consolidate shipments and carry more
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| | our supply chain.This concept is already
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| goods. In 1919 the company changed it's
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| | entrenched in e-commerce. Individuals
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| name to United Parcel Services, and in
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| | operating home based businesses are
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| 1922 it acquired a Los Angeles company
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| | selling goods on eBay, procuring supply
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| with innovative "common carrier"
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| | in direct proportion to demand. It is not
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| services. In 1929 UPS was the first
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| | uncommon for individuals to sell products
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| package delivery company to use airlines,
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| | on eBay that are acquired from a local
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| serving all US states by 1978.On the
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| | vendor or craftsman. The seller on eBay
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| first night of continuous operation In
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| | is the impartial third party integrator
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| 1971, 14 Federal Express jets delivered
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| | between the supply and the demand,
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| 186 packages overnight to 25 cities. By
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| | leveraging the convenience of the
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| 1981 Federal Express introduced the
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| | Internet to connect the interested
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| overnight letter and expanded service
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| | parties. This is a very simple example of
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| into Canada. In 1985, bar code labeling
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| | using technology to minimize inventory
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| was introduced to trace packages. By 1995
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| | ownership by maximizing technology.
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| FedEx acquires air routes with
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| | Imagine how much more effective the
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| international authority to serve China.
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| | solution can be for complex integration
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| Ten years later FedEx announces
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| | of multiple suppliers with diverse
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| development of a new Asia Pacific hub in
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| | geographic locations and reduced transfer
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| China, and around the world flights
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| | of inventory. This is the concept of the
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| Eastbound and Westbound.The first
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| | next generation of Supply Chain
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| recorded transcripts of a "Galactic
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| | Integration.We are only at the beginning
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| Network" are attributed to J.C.R.
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| | of this transformation. Some companies
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| Licklider of MIT in 1962. In 1964 Leonard
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| | have already realized the financial
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| Kleinrock of MIT published a book on the
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| | benefits of leveraging IT solutions to
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| theoretical feasibility of communications
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| | maximize and compress the supply chain.
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| using packet switching rather than
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| | Recognizing and understanding this
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| circuits. The concept of open
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| | transformation is the first step, what
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| architecture networking was introduced by
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| | you do with this knowledge is the next.
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| Kahn in 1972, and subsequently became
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| | Experts in technology and supply chain
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| known as a program called "Internetting".
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| | solutions are available to help guide you
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| In 1991 Modems transmitted data at 14.4
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| | and offer the secure buffer that is your
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| kilobits per second. Speeds doubled to
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| | link between multiple vendors. The
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| 28.8k by 1994, and eventually to 56k.
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| | direction is not as difficult as you may
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| Meanwhile, Bob Metcalf and David Boggs
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| | imagine. Trade in your microscope from
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| had developed the Ethernet at Xerox Palo
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| | studying your exchange of products or
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| Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1973.
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| | parts, and turn it in for your periscope
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| Xerox, DEC and Intel invested in
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| | to data
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| development and agreed to make the
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| | exchange.________________________________
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| technology free to anyone to build. By
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| | ______________________Words of
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| 1981 the technology emerged from the
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| | Wisdom"Technology is dominated by two
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| laboratory to the public as 3Com shipped
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| | types of people: those who understand
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| the first Ethernet Hardware. As the
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| | what they do not manage, and those who
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| ability to move parcels overnight has
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| | manage what they do not understand."
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| improved dramatically, so has the ability
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| | - Putt's Law"With leaders, the future
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| to transmit packets by increasingly high
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| | calls to them in a voice they can't drown
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| speed connections.The Next Generation of
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| | out. The future is more real than the
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| Supply Chain IntegrationCommon approaches
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| | present; it compels them to act."
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| to improving the supply chain involve
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| | - Marcus Buckingham, "Three Things You
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| faster delivery or lower cost for
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| | Need to Know""Reinvention. What a
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| transportation. Solutions are typically
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| | quintessential America idea. It's the
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| centered on geographic locations of hubs,
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| | frontier spirit. It's Ben Franklin. It's
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| consolidated carriers and maximized
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| | Ralph Waldo Emerson, and by God, it's
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| routes. In some cases the response is a
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| | Tony Robbins and Stephen Covey too. They
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| galleria of products and processes housed
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| | all understand the American impetus and
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| in a consolidated campus, while another
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| | genius for wholesale self-reinvention. We
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| strategy promotes multiple regional
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| | survive by staring change in the eye, and
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| facilities for geographic convenience.
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| | adapting.
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