Daily Archives: March 1, 2018

High School Students Should Plan for a Career in Supply Chain

By Phil Ramsdale Cal State Long Beach’s Supply Chain business program had the pleasure of hosting a visit by 30 Long Beach Poly HS students earlier this week. Our advisory board of industry professionals and faculty talked briefly about our individual career paths, how we got into supply chain and why we think it’s a…

CSCMP Supply Chain Quarterly Distribution networks may need to be reimagined—again

This March 1, 2018 article in CSCMP Supply Chain Quarterly, penned by David Maloney, puts forth some realistic questions about the effect of driverless trucks on distribution networks. Maybe companies can have their cake and eat it too? If line haul carriage distance per day can be increased, would it allow for fewer DCs to…