Who said supply chains are boring?

Whenever I tell a friend, colleague or family member about my job as soon as the words "supply chain" are muttered I immediately see glassy eyes followed by a yawn or two. Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. Without supply chains consumers would be stuck using products that they had to make or grow with their own two hands. Still not excited, well visit often and eventually you will be.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

The Blimp is Back

If you are an avid reader of my blog, and I hope you are, you may recall an article I posted back at the end of 2006 ago on a company called Cargolifter. Simply put the company as a 3PL that uses a blimp to ship cargo. The idea is brilliant. It's eco-friendly, eliminates border issues and traffic for that matter. The post actually generated the post comments every for any of my post with 12 comments.

I haven't heard anything from Cargolifter, but today I came across Boeing and its partner Skyhook, which seem to be revisiting the idea. I really hope it catches on because its really a great idea for many industries to help reduce carbon footprints and to easy traffic on the the roads.

2 comments:

benmcclanahan said...: http://outsourced-logistics.com/operations_strategy/boeing_jhl40_rotorcraft_blimp_0716/

Here's an article about it.; 5:18 PM
Christopher Sciacca said...: Great thanks for sharing.; 5:22 PM

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

The Blimp is Back

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