Originally published at www.refashiond.com on October 25, 2018. By Brian Laung Aoaeh and Lisa Morales-Hellebo Authors’ Note: This is the second in a series of six articles about problems and opportunities in global supply chains, with a focus on the fashion industry. In this article we focus on trying to learn how executives at fashion industry incumbents […]
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The Fashion Supply Chain Is Broken
By Brian Laung Aoaeh and Lisa Morales-Hellebo Originally published at www.refashiond.com on October 14, 2018. Authors’ Note: This is the first in a series of six articles about problems and opportunities in global supply chains, with a focus on the fashion industry. This article frames the problem. The next article will delve into a historical analyses of […]
#ProofPoints: An Ending + A Beginning
Acknowledgement #1: I am grateful to Tayo Akinyemi for suggesting that I write this essay, and for reading and critiquing previous drafts. I am grateful to Kange Kaneene, Christian McKenzie, Christine Mendonça, and Lisa Morales-Hellebo for reading and critiquing previous drafts. Their comments and observations helped to greatly improve the final product. Any errors are […]
#CountDown: 11 Days To #TNYSCM06: Convergence Across the New Apparel Supply Chain
We’re now just a little over a week away from The New York Supply Chain Meetup’s sixth gathering. The purpose of this post is to outline our plans for that event, and preview what we expect to do in June. We’re still in the early days of building this community, so much of this is subject to […]
#CountDown: 9 Days To #TNYSCM05 – Bringing The Blockchain From The Lab And Into The Real World
We’re now just a little over a week away from The New York Supply Chain Meetup’s fifth gathering. The purpose of this post is to outline our plans for that event, and preview what we expect to do in May and June 2018 . . . We’re still in the early days of building this community, so much of this […]
Update #02 | Request For Startups: MaritimeTech Edition
Note/Disclaimer: This blog post represents my opinions only. It does not represent the opinions of my teammates at Particle Ventures (formerly known as KEC Ventures), either individually or collectively. This blog post does not represent the opinions of any one at Maritime Global Technologies Innovation Center (MGTIC), SUNY Maritime College, or any of their related affiliates. […]
#CountDown: 3 Days to #TNYSCM04 – Supply Chain & Artificial Intelligence
We’re now less than a week from The New York Supply Chain Meetup’s fourth gathering. The purpose of this post is to outline our plans for that event, and preview what we expect to do between now and June 2018 . . . We’re still in the early days of building this community, so much of this is subject to […]
#TPM2018: The Woodstock Of International Container Shipping & Logistics
Notes: This blog post represents my opinions only. It does not represent the opinions of my teammates at Particle Ventures (formerly known as KEC Ventures), nor does it represent the opinions of any one at Journal of Commerce, JOC.com, JOC Events, IHS Markit or any related entities therein. It also does not represent the opinions […]
#ChainReaction: Notes on Centralized, Decentralized, and Distributed Systems
This blog post is the first in a series of blog posts I will write as part of my effort to take an inventory of what I am learning about supply chains, digital tokens, and distributed ledger technologies. I expect these blog posts to be frustrating for most people to read because I suspect they […]
Update #01 | Towards A MaritimeTech Innovation Hub in New York City
Note: This post updates #UnderConstruction | Towards A MarineTech Innovation Hub in New York City. The group that met on Friday, October 6, 2017 met again for a follow up on Friday, November 10, 2017. This blog is a summary of the discussion at took place at that meeting, and the resulting outcome. The Bottomline: Dr. Christopher […]