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Home » Logistics » How to Align Logistics With Supply-Chain Strategy

How to Align Logistics With Supply-Chain Strategy

December 6, 2010
Tad Somes, Logistics Lead - Global Logistics Management, Westinghouse Electric

Westinghouse Electric Co. devised a detailed method for determining which entities, both external and internal, should be handling key aspects of its logistics chain. Tad Somes, logistics lead for global logistics management, tells how it was done. [Run Time (Min.): 11:13]

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