Archive for June, 2011
The Economist: overheating emerging economies
I’ve just picked up this interactive chart from The Economist. I’m particularly interested in the risk of overheating in the Indian economy, as my most recent trips there certainly make me feel there is a bubble inflating, if only based on the simple heuristic of the number of property speculation SMSs I get on my […]
Categories: Supply Chain News and Comment.
Tags: China, emerging economies, India, logistics infrastructure
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Centre of gravity for warehouse location – try the working model
I’ve just posted up a development version of a centre of gravity model for distribution centre location. It uses Google Maps, and it is really easy to use, and completely free. Try it here now. I regard it as a “toy” application, but I’m surprised how usable it is (down to the familiar Google interface […]
Categories: Supply Chain 101, Supply Chain Resources.
Tags: centre of gravity, Distribution, logistics, Strategy, supply chain model
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