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December 1, 2010
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Brian Tuck has been appointed new director of the Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center (MCAREC) in Hood River.
November 15, 2010
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Good seed setters include sweet peas, sunflowers, calendula, borage, nasturtiums and annual delphiniums.
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Heat-loving squash and cucumber plants will take advantage of hot weather to blossom and set fruit. Successful pollination depends on insect pollinators, such as honeybees and native bees, as well as timing and location.


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"The famous immortal, winged horse which sprang forth from the neck of Medousa when she was beheaded by the hero Perseus."
Pegasus is amongst the very few of so-called epic creatures which are NON-evil....
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Panigara (lord of the boundary stone) is the Akkadian and Babylonian god of war, syncretised with Ninurta.
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Mami Wata, a water-spirit, is venerated in West, Central, Southern Africa, and in the African diaspora in the Caribbean and parts of North and South America.
Mami Wata spirits are usually female, but are sometimes male.
Mami Wata is described as having long dark hair, very fair skin and compelling eyes.
The mystical pantheon of Mami Wata deities are often pictured in their most ancient primordial aspects as a mermaid, half-human or either half-fish or half-reptile. Mermaids are not a recent phenomena in African history.
Although she may appear to her devotees (in dreams and visions) as a beautiful mermaid, complete with tail, she is also said to walk the streets of modern African cities in the guise of a gorgeous but elusive woman.
She is interested in all things contemporary: some of her favorite offerings include sweet, imported perfumes, sunglasses and Coca-Cola!!
Nonetheless, the spirit appears to be related to other water spirits (known in Igbo, a language of southeastern Nigeria, as ndi mmili) who have a much longer history on the continent...
As other supernatural beings become absorbed into the figure of Mami Wata, the spirit often takes on characteristics unique to a particular region or culture. In Trinidad and Tobago, for example, Maman Dlo plays the role of guardian of nature, punishing overzealous hunters or woodcutters. She is the lover of Papa Bois, a nature patron...
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Ullr is a very old god of the northern lands, in Norse folklore, so old that by the time the Iron Age Norse myths were written down, not much more was known about him except that he was a god of archery, hunting, and the winter.
Ullr's father was an otherwise unknown figure, thought to be a frost-giant, in order to help explain the predilections of his son.
His mother was Sif, so Thor was Ullr's stepfather.
His name (Ull means glory) occurs so frequently as part of Scandinavian place-names that he must have been a much more important deity at one time.
He was shown frequently with skates or skis on his feet, and because of this he has been hailed as the modern god of Skiing.
One story talks about him "crossing water on a magic bone", alluding to crossing the frozen ice on skates.
He was also called god of the Shield, and the shield was referred to as his "ship", which may be a reference to using a shield or shield-shaped board as a sled … or to the ice of winter enveloping the world like a shield...
A powerful god, he took control of Midgard and Asgard every year when Odin snowbirded for the winter.
Ullr sent out the Aurora Borealis to light the sky during the period of the longest nights.
The Elder or Poetic Edda; commonly known as Saemund's Edda. Edited and translated with introd. and notes by Olive Bray. (1908) When Odin returned, Ullr retreated. While he had an Alps-top or frozen northlands home, he was also said to have spent his summers with the death goddess Hel.
Some have attempted to equate Ullr with the sky god Tyr, who was the Germanic version of the highest god of the Proto-Indo-Europeans, from whom the Norse and other Germanic peoples are descended...
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In the folklore of the Native American Tribes (Abenaki and Penobscot)* the Azeban is a trickster figure, Racoon deceives animals and other beings for food or other services...
The Azeban often behaves foolishly or causes trouble for others, but unlike animal tricksters in some other tribes, Azeban is not dangerous or malevolent...
In a tale that explains a raccoon's distinctive mask, the Azeban ate all his grandmother's stored acorns, so she struck him with a fire poker, burning the markings onto his face...
*The traditional homeland of the Abenaki is Wobanakik (Place of the Dawn), what is now called Northern New England and Southern Quebec.
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Šala, consort of the storm god Adad in the Sumerian folklore, is probably of non-Mesopotamian origin. The name Šala (with a long vowel in the first syllable) has no clear Akkadian or other Semitic etymology. The name may derive from the Hurrian šāla, 'daughter'...
The Standard Babylonian astronomical text Mul-Apin equates the constellation "The Furrow" (Virgo) with "Šala, the ear of grain" (Mul-Apin, Tablet I line 52)...The brightest star in Virgo is still known today as Spica (L. "ear of grain").
Šala's genealogy is unclear. In god lists she is equated with Medimša (the traditional wife of Iškur) and four other Sumerian goddesses...
Šala carries a double-headed mace-scimitar embellished with lion heads and is believed to be a patron of power over crop fertility.
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In Ancient Egyptian folklore, Tefnut, transliterated tfnt (tefenet), a daughter of the solar god Atum-Ra, is a goddess of moisture, moist air, dew and rain.
She is the sister and consort of the air god Shu and the mother of Geb and Nut.
Tefnut's grandchildren were Osiris, Isis, Set and Nephthys. Alongside her father, brother, children and grandchildren, she is a member of the Ennead of Heliopolis.
Her name is literally translated as "That Water".
Tefnut is also associated with Ra's eyes, sometimes with the lunar eye and sometimes with the solar eye. As the protector of the sun god, she acquired the titles "Lady of the Flames". Such role, she shared with several other goddesses including Sekhmet, Bast, Isis, Hathor, Mut, Wadjet, Isis and Nekhbet.
Of the Ennead deities, she is the first one to be attached to a female nature, as other gods were believed to have a duality in nature...
However, with Atenism's emphasis upon Akhenaten and Nefertiti as Shu and Tefnut, and thus as the divine children of the Aten, a "true" monotheism is not present... Ra, Shu, Tefnut, Thoth, Ptah, Hathor, and several other deities figure prominently in texts of Atenism, and the King and Queen, in particular, identified themselves with the deities Shu and Tefnut, respectively. Amen was targeted by the main prophet of the cult, the king, likely _not_ in Year 6 of the reign (as has been traditionally proposed), but more likely in the very _late_ years of the reign (possibly as late as years 16-17), dues to the somewhat limited damage to names and figures of Amen/Mut/Khons, the erasure of the word "gods," and the personification of 'ma'at' on existent monuments....
In one story, Tefnut apparently had a falling out with the god Ra and high-tailed it into the deserts of Nubia in Upper Egypt.
But just leaving in a rage, wasn't enough. She decided to show just how much power she held and took with her all of her water and moisture. As a result of this, Lower Egypt dried out and fell into drought.
But simply drying up Egypt in her wake wasn't enough. After taking on the brave appearance of a lioness she went on a killing spree. No man or god was safe from this angry cat!
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In Greek folklore, the Kabeiroi are twin gods or daimones who presided over the orgiastic dances of the mysteries of Samothrake which were performed in honour of the goddesses Demeter, Persephone, and Hekate.
These enigmatic chthonic beings are also famed metal-workers, dwarf-like sons of the god Hephaistos, who served their father at his Lemnian forge.
The accounts of the Samothracian gods, whose names were secret, vary in the number and sexes of the gods, usually between two and four, some of either sex. However, the number of Cabeiri also varied, with some accounts citing four (often a pair of males and a pair of females) of them, and some even more, such as a tribe or whole race of Cabeiri, often presented as all male.
Like their mother Kabeiro, the pair were also sea-divinities, who protected and came to the aid of sailors in distress.
According to Clement the Kabeiroi were three in number, but two of the brothers committed an act of fratricide. The pair later recovered the phallus of Zagreus who had been dismembered by the Titan-gods and established it in the shrine of the Mysteries.
In the Cabiri by Aeschylus, the two gods welcomed the Argonauts to their island and initiated them in a drunken orgy...
The Kabeiroi were closely identified with a number of other korybantic daimones including the Cretan Kouretes, the Trojan Daktyloi, and the Phrygian Kyrbantes.
According to some the Samothrakain Kabeiroi included not only the sons of Hephaistos, but also the Korybantic sons of the god Apollon...
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The Mngwa, which means the strange one, is described as an overly aggressive, unknown, big cat roughly the size of a donkey reported to roam the East African countries of Tanzania and Kenya...
It has creepy yellow eyes, sharp deadly teeth and huge razor like claws.Its fur is a dark grey with black stripes and spots, similar to a nowadays domesticated tabby cat.
Its body is said to sport some hairless spots from victims clutching and ripping patches as they attempted to free themselves.
The natives of the area have known of the Mngwa for centuries but it wasn't until the 1900's that the English first became away of this powerful creature sometimes referred to as the great grey ghost.,,
In the 1930's and 1940's the Mngwa was commonly referred to by the name of Nunda, but because of two books, written by Gardner Soule, The Mystery Monsters and The Maybe Monsters, along with the help of Bernard Heuvelmans, the name Mngwa is now more frequently used...
Three possibilities come to mind. Assuming that the nunda does indeed exist, as indicated by the physical reality of unidentifiable fur and distinctive footprints, it may conceivably be a wholly unknown species, lurking undetected by science amid Tanzania's dense forests.
Alternatively, it could be an exceptionally large form of aberrantly-patterned leopard...
The Mngwa was first mentioned in a Swahili song from the year 1150 which also mentions the Lion (Simba) the Leopard (Nsui) and the Mngwa as three different creatures proof that there is no confusion in the minds of the natives when it comes to the three creatures.
The Nunda, Eater of People is one of the Swahili fairy tales collected by Edward Steere in his 1870 anthology Swahili Tales, as told by the natives of Zanzibar. It is possible that this folktale was also the inspiration for the Nundu, a leopard-like magical creature mentioned in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels...
There is an old, traditional Tanzanian folktale that tells of the Sultan Majnun's youngest son who went seeking a murderous feline monster called the nunda, which had killed his three brothers and many other hapless humans too.
Evidently not the most zoologically-knowledgeable of people, he proceeded to kill several different animals, including a zebra, a rhinoceros, an elephant, a civet, and a giraffe, each time mistakenly assuming that this must be the nunda.
Eventually, however, he encountered the real nunda, lying asleep under the shade of a tree. As large as a donkey, with distinctive brindled fur, huge claws, and enormous teeth, it was a terrifying sight, but the Sultan's son slew it as it slept, and returned home in triumph, having rid his father's kingdom of this malevolent scourge...
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In ancient Greek , Charon or Kharon, the son of Erebus and Nyx, is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead...
A coin to pay Charon for passage, usually an obolus or danake, was sometimes placed in or on the mouth of a dead person.
Some authors say that those who could not pay the fee, or those whose bodies were left unburied, had to wander the shores for one hundred years.
In the catabasis mytheme, heroes — such as Heracles, Orpheus, Aeneas, Dionysus and Psyche — journey to the underworld and return, still alive, conveyed by the boat of Charon...
The Etruscans of central Italy identified him with one of their own underworld daimones who was named Charun after the Greek figure.
He was depicted as an even more repulsive creature with blue-grey skin, a tusked mouth, hooked nose and sometimes serpent-draped arms. His attribute was a large, double-headed mallet...
Living persons who wish to go to the underworld need a golden bough obtained from the Cumaean Sibyl...
Given the fact that they need two trips, Charon charges significantly more... Several Greek and Roman authors wrote about traveling to the Underworld, usually with the assistance of an experienced guide. Dante, for example, wrote The Inferno, and the Aeneid by Virgil also features a trip to the Underworld...
Incidentally, for anyone concerned about paying the ferryman, his going rate in Ancient Greece was an obolus, a silver coin worth a sixth of a drachma. Since Greece has now switched over to the Euro, along with other members of the European Union, Charon would probably accept a Euro coin, and he may be open to other currencies as well.
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Legend in Sweden has it that there is a huge cave deep inside Ålleberg Mountain where the 12 Knights of Ålleberg are lying in wait to march forth and save their country...
The last time they were seen is thought to have been at the Battle of Åsle in 1389, when twelve knights in golden suits of armour fought with Queen Margaret's army...
It is said that the entrance to the mountain cave is hard to find. Once, a farmer was taking a load of grain to the market in Falköping.
At the foot of Ållebergs Änne mountain he met a stranger who asked him if he could buy his load. The farmer went with the stranger and they ended up in the mountain cave where the knights lay sleeping, fully clothed and ready for battle.
The farmer bumped into a bridle, which made a noise. The knights woke up and wondered if was time to take up arms.
The man who had bought the load reassured them that they could sleep soundly on...
The legend is a version of the sleeping hero or king in the mountain...
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Adar Llwch Gwin are giant magical birds of Welsh tradition, belonging to Drudwas ap Tryffin, often equated with Griffins...
The name derives from the Welsh words llwch ("dust") and gwin ("wine").
Adar Llwch Gwin, given to Drudwas ap Tryffin by his fairy wife, could understand human speech; they would also perform all that he commanded.
In a contest with Arthur, Drudwas ordered the birds to kill the first fighter to enter the battlefield. When Arthur himself was delayed from entering the fray, the birds attacked Drudwas himself, the first to arrive, tearing his flesh to pieces...
In the poetry of the late medieval Beirdd yr Uchelwyr [Poets of the Gentry], the phrase Adar Llwch Gwin was a synonym for hawks or falcons and a metaphor for strong, brave men...
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The Bonnacon is an Asian beast whose head is like a bull but his horns curl inwards so that they do not harm the victim.
Because these horns are useless for defense, the Bonnacon has another weapon. When the Bonnacon is chased he expels dung which burns a wide area.
...As the creature retreats it emits a trail of dung that would sometimes cover a distance as long as three furlongs, or approximately 3 acres.
Any contact with the creatures dung would scorch the pursuer like a sort of fire.
This napalm like excrement may have given rise to legends that the Bonacon also had the ability to breathe fire, much like the European Dragon, making this creature deadly at both ends...
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The Russian indrik beast most closely resembles a gigantic bull, at least the size of an elephant, with the head of a horse and a large horn protruding from its head...
The indrik beast, which gets its name from the Russian word edinorog, meaning "unicorn," is said to live on a legendary mountain known as the Holy Mountain or Saint's Mountain.
Depending on the region of Russia, the Indrik-beast's mountain is either completely uninhabited by humans, or only holy humans are allowed to set fot on its ground.
The Holy Mountain is presented as a fertile ground similar to Avalon or Garden of Eden in some contexts. In others, it might be considered a barren, rocky wasteland.
The indrik beast was said to be so large that the Earth shook when it walked.
This may have been a mythical explanation for earthquakes. Alternatively, it may have been used to emphasize the powerful nature of the animal as a symbol for the wilderness.
There are no current online references to the indrik beast's mythical diet.
In legends, it might have been said to be a carnivore like the Persian karkadann unicorn, or it might have been a large but gentle herbivore...
According to a legend, Indrik has rescued people from a drought...
So, the Indrik beast's legacy and spirit persist in our collective memory-- even as we advance our scientific understanding of the past...
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In the earliest prehistoric period Astghig, commonly referred to as Astlik, had been a patron for fertility, love, maidenly beauty, and water sources and springs....Later the skylight had been considered her personification, and she had been the wife or lover of Vahagn...
Her name is the diminutive of Armenian astġ, meaning "star", which through Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr is cognate to Sanskrit stṛ, Avestan star, Pahlavi star, Persian sitara´, Pashto storai, Latin and Italian stella and astro, French astre, Spanish astro, German stern, English star, etc...
Among all the Semitic beings which found their way into the Armenian pantheon, none attained the importance that was acquired by Astghik, especially in Tarauntis.
In spite of the presence of Anahit and Nana--two goddesses of her own type and therefore in rivalry with her--she knew how to hold her own and even to win the national god Vahagn as her lover.
It is now impossible to reconstruct the mythos that was at the basis of all this. It may be that we have here the intimate relation of a Syrian Ba'al to Astarte.
It may also be that the mythos is purely Greek and reflects the adventures of Ares with Aphrodite, for Astghik was called Aphrodite by Hellenizing Armenians...
Hoffman recognized in the Armenian name Astghik (which means "little star") a translation of the Syrian Kaukabhta, a late designation of Ashtart (Ishtar) both as a goddess and as the planet Venus. The latter is no more called Astghik by the Armenians, but Arusyak, "the little bride," which is an old title of Ishtar, "the veiled bride," and shows that the Armenians not only identified the planet Venus with their goddess Astghik, but were familiar with one of her most important titles...
In view of their essential identity it was natural that some confusion should arise between Astghik and Anahit.
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Cerridwen (Ker-RID-Wen) is one of the Old Ones, one of the great megalithic pre-Christian goddesses of the Celtic World...
Although, in her story, she embodies all three lunar aspects of the goddess, maiden, mother and crone...
Cerridwen is reognised for her Crone aspect, by and through her Cauldron of Wisdom, Inspiration, Rebirth and Transformation...
The cauldron has an intimate association with femininity, together with the cave, the cup and the chalice, and the association of femininity with justice, wisdom and intelligence goes back to very ancient times...
Like the Greek goddess, Demeter, and the Egyptian goddess, Isis, Cerridwen was the great Celtic Goddess of inspiration, intelligence and knowledge, and was invoked as a law-giver and sage dispenser of righteous wisdom, counsel and justice...
Ceridwen has the power to transform herself into many different creatures...
The cauldron of Ceridwen was magical in which she was creating a broth to make her terribly ugly son terribly wise. Gwion was charged with stirring it, but consumed some of the magical elixir.
Ceridwin pursued Gwion in a chase filled with metamorphoses. After she overcame him as a hen with Gwion changed into an ear of corn, Ceridwin ate him and then gave birth Taliesin, whom she sent away in a coracle...
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Februus is the Roman god from whose purification rites the month of February takes its name...
Hence the month of February was also sacred to Juno, the goddess of marriage, and she was therefore surnamed Februata, or Februtis. (Fest. s. v. Februarius; Arnob. iii. 30.)...
For the Etruscans, Februus was also the god of riches (money/gold) and death, both connected to the underworld in the same natural manner as with the better-known Roman god Pluto...
The name Februus is connected with februare (to purify), and februae (purifications).
Another feature in the character of this god, which is however intimately connected with the idea of purification, is, that he was also regarded as a god of the lower world, for the festival of the dead (Feralia) was likewise celebrated in February...
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Perses, son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia, is the Titan god of destruction. Not to be confused with the son of Andromeda and Perseus, or the son of Helios and brother of Aeetes.
Perses is the father of Hekate (Hecate) --his one and only child--by the goddess Asteria ("the Starry One").
It is argued that Perses was probably imprisoned with the other Titans, for participating in the war against Zeus and the Olympians...
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You Are the Apple of My Eye
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Current user rating: 94/100 (262 votes)
- Movie: You Are the Apple of My Eye
- Chinese: 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (Na Xie Nian, Wo Men Yi Qi Zhui De Nu Hai)
- Director: Giddens Ko
- Writer: Giddens Ko
- Producer: Zhiping Chai, Adam Tsuci
- Cinematographer: Yi-Hsien Chou
- World Premiere: June 25, 2011
- Release Date: August 19, 2011
- Runtime: 105 min.
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: Taiwan
Adolescence is like a heavy rain. Even though you catch a cold from it, you still look forward to experiencing it once again.
Ko-Teng has several close friends who had a crush on Shen Chia-Yi. Those friends of Ko's thus moved in unison from Ching Chengs junior high school straight into the senior high school division in pursuit of her.
Naughty in nature, Ko was ordered by their homeroom teacher to sit in front of honor student Shen for her to keep close tabs on him. The two hadn't hit it off at first but Ko gradually fell for Shen, who was always pressuring him to study hard. On the other hand, Shen became impressed by the contrasting values Ko represented. Ko started pursuing Shen but Shen remained hesitant.
- Ko Chen-tung - Ching-Teng Ko
- Michelle Chen - Chia-Yi Shen
- Owodog (Ao-chuan) - Kuo-Sheng Tsao
- Steven Hao - Ming-ho Hsieh
- Chang-Hsien Tsai - Ying-Hung Liao
- Sheng-yu Yen - Bo-Chun Hsu
- Wan Wan - Chia-Wei Hu
- Lotus Wang - Ching-Teng Ko's mother
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- 2011 (13th) Taipei Film Festival - June 24 - July 16, 2011 *Gala Premieres/New Talent Competition *World Premiere
- 2011 (8th) Hong Kong Asian Film Festival - October 18-November 18, 2011 - Taiwan Cinema Express
- 2011 (24th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 22 - 30, 2011 - Film Panorama of Asia-Middle East
- 2011 (48th) Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - November 3-24, 2011 - Golden Horse Award Nominated Films
- 2012 (14th) Udine Far East Film - April 20-April 28, 2012 *European Premiere
- 2012 (11th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 29-July 15, 2012 *North American Premiere
- 2012 (16th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 19-August 9, 2012 *Canadian Premiere
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Mar 16 2014 6:04 pm
This movie was absolutely beautiful. It's theme and execution reminds me a lot of Reply 1997 and a Thai show called, Hormones. Surprisingly, I thought that this movie was realistic, especially the ending. It portrayed adolescence beautifully and accurately. I would recommend it to anyone!
Apr 08 2013 12:27 am
Please make "you're the apple of my eye 2".
Jan 28 2013 10:07 am
love the story..make me miss my school life
May 28 2012 1:34 am
OHMYGOD!! I really love this movie. All of about this movie are very good, the story, the casts, the soundtrack, are very good. The main character, Ko-teng, is very adorable, I love him!!!!!
This movie reminds me of my school life :') everybody should watch this movie, no doubt.
Dec 12 2011 8:45 pm
splendid movie! watched 5X and cried 5X towards the end.
what if...something are not meant to be...
better than Cape No. 7
Dec 03 2011 8:43 pm
3 exceptionally good-looking leads. realistic and exciting plot. goes through emotional ups and downs. sweet and unexpected ending.


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So, I brewed 24 hrs ago and see that my pet yeast clones are not feeding on their sugary solution. My possible causes:
Didn't aerate enough after pitching the yeast-- probably ok..
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Hops in the carboy because my straining method was less than perfect; I suspect this if it's anything
Dead Yeast?? I kept the stuff in the fridge for a couple of weeks before using... was I supposed to keep in the freezer?
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Many ambulatory practices become complacent and feel resigned to accept their EHR system after the 'go-live' phase. They fail to develop an ongoing process to refine and optimize the system to better suit their evolving patterns of use. This static approach often leads to frustration, complaints, and a feeling that users have to cater to the system's needs.
The reality can be quite the opposite. Frustrated providers who invest the time and energy to better understand the advanced capabilities and opportunities for ongoing software customization will see benefits in increased efficiency and streamlined workflows, all of which can contribute to productivity gains and improved profitability.
Providers often feel helpless, constrained by their EHR technology and dependent on programmers to make improvements. While most major changes do require vendor intervention, there are some relatively simple steps providers can take to ensure they maximize efficiency and reduce clicks.
* Update Administrative Settings
Independent ambulatory practices often retain significant administrative control of their EHR system. This enables practices to review all the available settings in the administrative area to confirm they are set to maximize operational efficiency. Once they are more familiar with the EHR system and its associated workflows, providers usually discover that the initial go-live settings no longer meet their needs. Vendors also regularly enhance the options via software updates, providing new administrative settings that could improve a specific workflow. For instance:
o Most EHRs allow users to select defaults for specific fields, eliminating the need to pick an option each time.
o Administrative settings often allow users to re-order items on various screens such as the patient summary or vitals sign input screen. Selecting the correct layout could eliminate the need to scroll to critical fields or information.
o There may be options to eliminate certain pop-ups, such as confirmation screens, which can become unnecessary speed bumps for seasoned users.
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Critical pain points may not be identified until months after go-live. EHR workflows can be very different than their paper-based counterparts. Reviewing the system-build periodically may yield creative timesaving revisions. Consider these approaches:
o Develop logical ways to order pick-lists to allow the most commonly selected items to appear at the top. In many systems, placing a character, like an asterisk or dash, in front of an item may move it to the top of the list, though it might not read as well. Forcing common items to the top of the list can eliminate the need to scroll (one less click), which can lead to compelling efficiency gains over time.
o Review the layout and end-user appearance of all forms to identify opportunities for improvement. For example, enter dummy diagnosis codes on the bottom of the encounter form so that the real codes all appear on the top part of the form. This can eliminate scrolling and one potential click per patient.
o Research the availability of user-defined or custom fields. If users are forced to navigate through to a distant screen to enter or view a common piece of information, there is likely to be a more accessible user-defined or custom field available that could be used instead.
* Implement Additional EHR Features
During initial EHR system training, most practices and users are only able to grasp the basics. Six to twelve months after going live, most users are ready to creatively evaluate and implement more advanced features. Consider, for instance, how a template, flow sheet, or order-set feature could save clicks. Look for system features that reduce the need to type the same standard phrases repeatedly, and it will likely unlock new time and cost efficiencies.
* Schedule Regular Training
Ongoing training is an integral part of system and workflow optimization. Many EHR system contracts come with free training resources, including webinars, live chat sessions, recorded videos, or customer service calls. Use them! Consider these tips to maximize training time:
o Pre-schedule an hour a week or every other week to have a call with the vendor. Support staff in setting aside training time as well.
o Keep a running list of questions to be prepared with specific topics to discuss during training sessions.
o Write down the name of any good service representative and try to schedule direct sessions with them in the future.
o Ask the representative to get creative or to problem solve. Explain the big picture goal or problem and then brainstorm.
o Ask to have the vendor demonstrate popular new features or options.
o Software updates are a regular occurrence; don't take any answer as final. Ask again in a few months or try a different representative to get a better or more complete answer.
In Conclusion
To improve efficiency and overall satisfaction with an EHR system, ambulatory practices should focus on where they have control and actively work to make custom improvements to their software. Even small changes can have a big impact over time. EHR users should also regularly communicate with their vendors about larger system problems in order to set expectations for improved solutions in future software updates.
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Nogueira-Franklin was scheduled to be the co-main event of the Aug. 6 show in Philadelphia. But with apparently no opponent available to fight Franklin on three weeks notice, the UFC was forced to scratch the former middleweight champion, as well. In its place, a middleweight fight between Vitor Belfort and Yoshihiro Akiyama has moved up a spot on the card to co-main status.
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The State of U.S. Logistics is Once Again, Even More Concerning
The 25rd Annual State of Logistics Report prepared for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) was released earlier this week (free for CSCMP members and can be purchased for $295). This report has consistently tracked U.S. logistics metrics since 1988 and is often of high interest to logistics, transportation and procurement professionals.
The report reflecting 2013 activity again notes a continued trend for increased logistics, transportation and inventory costs. More than ever, this should be of continued concern to manufacturers and retailers and their associated supply chain and product management teams. Similar concerning observations were noted by Supply Chain Matters in last year's annual report.
Highlights and some observations of the latest report numbers are noted below.
The cost of the U.S. business logistics rose 2.3 percent in 2013 to $1.39 trillion, an increase of $31 billion from 2012. Logistics costs as a percent of nominal GDP were reported to have dropped to 8.2 percent, just about the same 8.3 percentage reported for 2012.
Most concerning from our lens, inventory carrying costs in 2013 rose another 2.8 percent, albeit less than the 4.0 percent increase reported for 2012. While interest costs rose slightly, inventory levels inched up leading to increased costs for taxes, insurance, warehousing, depreciation and obsolescence. By our calculation, the former components rose 9.2 percent or $28 billion from that reported in 2012. According to the report authors, the cost of warehousing was up 5.6 percent in 2013, as rates for warehouse space continue to rise. As a wise sage once exclaimed to this author, "warehouses are monuments to inefficient inventory practices." That sage advice continues to reflect itself.
Overall inventory levels continued to rise despite the advent of advanced inventory management practices and historically low interest rates. The report includes a chart reflecting Total U.S. Business Inventories that visually indicates that total inventories in 2013 now surpass levels recorded in 2008, the peak before the great recession. With relatively low GDP growth levels, these numbers are alarming. With carrying costs increasing, industry supply chain teams need to seriously analyze why more overall inventory is being maintained. Consider that interest rates remain at historic lows, and what would be the incremental cost if they were not. We suspect that with high levels of global outsourcing and slower global transportation, that larger levels of pipeline inventory are being planned. We further suspect that planning and optimization models are not reflecting up-to-date inventory cost factors.
Another important concern brought out in the report is the current fragile state of the U.S. trucking industry with utilization rates remained close to 100 percent and fleet and driver capacity declining. High costs and regulatory issues are deterring new entrants to the industry. With the U.S. railroad industry operating at near capacity, reflecting building shortages of available specialty railcars, supply chain teams need to remain concerned about this area.
Data compiled in the 2013 report indicates the revenue growth trajectory of U.S. non-asset based services and Third Party Logistics providers continued in 2013 with revenues pegged at $146.4 Billion, an increase of $4.6 billion over 2012. Revenues broken out for 3PL's rose 3.2 percent in 2013, lower than the 5.9 percent growth recorded in 2012. The most lucrative segment of 3PL services remains Domestic Transportation Management which grew an additional 7.2 percent in 2013. According to the authors, shippers continue to engage 3PL's to ensure that they have capacity when required. However, the U.S. 3PL industry is shrinking in numbers as larger players acquire smaller ones, funded by a new wave of private equity interest. We believe that these trends are troubling and imply additional consolidation and structural change in the months to come. Carriers who own the assets are being economically squeezed and dis-intermediated from shippers, and without assets, transportation as a whole will encounter additional shocks.
Supply Chain Matters submits that the overall takeaways from the 2013 State of Logistics are once again dependent on the reader frame-of-reference. If you reside anywhere in the transportation and 3PL logistics sector, your reaction may be positive. However, that would be in inability to sense a longer-term disturbing trend of pending challenges regarding delivery of services. Distribution center operators and real estate interests are included. If your frame of reference involves a constant diligence for controlling overall transportation procurement and supply chain related operating costs, we again submit there are troubling areas that should motivate concern and attention.
Thus far in 2014, U.S. manufacturing activity continues to surge. According to the report authors, freight shipments are up 13.1 percent and so are rates. The global ocean container industry remains in a capacity crisis, and so is the U.S. rail and trucking industry. The State of Logistics, by our view is rather fragile, fueled by private investors looking to cash in on opportunities to make quick money without holding hard assets. That is not a healthy outlook.
Once again we offer the following insights:
- Procurement, supply chain planning, B2B and fulfillment teams can no longer assume fixed transport times and logistics costs in fulfillment planning, nor should they assume that contracting all logistics with a third party provider is the singular solution to reducing overall costs. By our view, the "new normal" is reflected in strategies directed at assuring consistency of service, deeper levels of business process collaboration delivered at a competitive cost.
- Procurement teams who context transportation spend in the singular dimension of cost reduction remains not wise, given the structural and dynamic industry changes that are occurring. There needs to be obvious deeper partnering that includes healthy exchange of expectations and desired outcomes.
- Similarly, S&OP teams must re-double efforts to further analyze and manage overall inventories with a keener eye on the overall stocking point trade-offs and costs of carrying inventory. With more sophisticated tools available to manage and optimize end-to-end supply chain inventories, the open question may be in the quality of the data that is fed into these tools, especially the realities of increased carrying costs. Teams are not fooling anyone by allowing data to remain static. Today's global logistics environment is not static, but rather highly dynamic and complex. Decision-making data must reflect this state.
- The recent announcements from both FedEx and UPS regarding the initiation of dimensional pricing on ground shipments in 2015 will have an impact on online B2B and B2C fulfillment trends, in particular whether free shipping as a practice remains a viable strategy. Be watchful of this area.
As was the case in last year's Supply Chain Matters commentary, the U.S. economy continues to show even more promising signs of manufacturing renewal and export recovery. All of this is dependent on a business logistics infrastructure that demonstrates world-class competitiveness. If there is a clear learning from the past three to four years, it has been on reality that supply chains exist and are now dependent on a global network of business logistics. The major decisions related to supplier and product manufacturing sourcing is now more vested in the tradeoffs of global logistics and transportation costs and the industry coming to grips with troubling capacity constraint trends.
We again encourage our readers to share their observations regarding the current state of both U.S. and global logistics, its implication toward shifts in global sourcing, and implication on current operations planning and procurement management processes.
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Supply Chain Matters Highlights of the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference- Part One
Supply Chain Matters had the opportunity to attend the Gartner Supply Chain Executive conference held in mid-May. As an AMR Research alumni analyst who specialized in research coverage of supply chain software and network technology, I am fully aware that the roots of this particular conference are deep, extending to the late nineties. The conference featured many well-known and respected research analysts and its reputation was often that of "must attend" among any who either practiced supply chain leadership or provided technology and services to the supply chain community. While we have admittedly not attended this conference for the past several years, we decided at the last minute to attend this year's conference. Overall, the conference provided some highlights and disappointments. We walked away with impression that the conference is not what is used to be in terms of research depth, insights, and analyst personalities, although it still draws a very influential audience.
The opening keynote was a highlight since it reflected on a look back of supply chain management for the prior ten years, and Gartner's perspective of supply chain requirements and needs for the next ten years. Acknowledged was that the span of control among industry supply chains are indeed wider and that 40 percent of senior supply chain leaders now report to their respective CEO. As we at Supply Chain Matters can certainly attest, Gartner further noted that articles about supply chains have tripled in the Wall Street Journal. That is somewhat of good news, and not so good news aspect since what happens in the supply chain more directly affects business results and overall performance. Further noted was that the adoption of cloud-based technology within industry supply chain IT environments has increased 40 percent, which is a rather significant development when one considers that supply chain systems are often viewed as mission critical in nature and scope.
Reflecting on the next decade for supply chain management, Gartner's viewpoint is that industry supply chains will continue to lead in the next decade. However, spaghetti-like networks with silos of conflicting goals, not aligned to singular, over-arching goal remain as an obstacle that needs to be overcome. According to Gartner, too many people are bogged down in trivial tasks. Analysts pointed to talent management as a continuing challenge and top priority for the next three years. Further noted was that universities are not keeping up with changing skill needs. We are not completely convinced about that conclusion, but colleges and universities that specialize in supply chain management need to do a better job at overcoming cross-curriculum barriers to insure that students are prepared with broader exposures to other required skills. For technology adoption needs, Gartner cited social, mobile, cloud, advanced information analytics and the Internet of everything as the only feasible way to manage supply chains more profitably.
Tom Peters, noted author of the iconic book, In Search of Excellence provided the second day keynote, and candidly, could have well been the opening keynote because of Tom's unique, direct communication style. He opened with the statement that "there is no more sexier profession than that of supply chain management." He pointed to the management conundrum of "damned if you do, damned if you don't" as especially pertinent to supply chain professionals and made reference to the "huge, huge, huge issue of supply chain network vulnerability." Peter's viewpoint was that supply chains are the focal point of all operations and should be more responsible for sales and marketing goal fulfillment as opposed to reducing costs. His belief is that a supply chain must have formal research and development or center of excellence group, or go home. One quote that especially caught this author's attention related to the critical importance of managing supply chain risk: "You (the supply chain), can destroy an 80-year-old brand in a matter of a week." Dwell on that statement the next time Finance questions the overall supply chain budget. Peter's final words of wisdom were to de-emphasize items, trucks and planes and concentrate on big "S", services.
Two other sessions we found to be insightful were one titled: The New Realities of Digital Manufacturing delivered by analysts Simon Jacobson and Mike Burkett, and the session: Key Findings from Gartner's Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) study also delivered by research vice-president Mike Burkett. Both sessions stressed the needs for industry supply chains to think more about product management and its integration to the new era of digital manufacturing technologies. Both the digital and physical worlds of supply chain processes are indeed on the verge of coming together. Among the key highlights of Gartner's latest CSCO study was data reflecting that new product introduction and sustainability capabilities have been the most often added in the last three years by either direct or dotted-line reporting responsibility. According to the Gartner CSCO study, the top priorities for supply chain centers of excellence are:
- Standardize and improve processes
- Performance management and analytics
- Supply chain strategy
- Supply chain technology enablement
Yet, talent and change management appears to be lower in priority and Gartner raised the concern of why so low, since both of these competencies are required for the above to succeed.
Another rather important takeaway from Gartner's latest CSCO study was the survey reflecting expected levels of investment and expected benefits over the next two years. Without taking thunder away from Gartner, the important takeaway for us was that product launch and portfolio management along with supplier collaboration and flexibility are highlighted as emerging medium and top priorities for investment in the next two years. That correlates with what we have been hearing and picking-up with our conversations with clients and readers.
In our Part Two posting, we will provide additional comments of some other highlights of the recent Gartner supply chain conference including the annual Top 25 Supply Chains announcements, along with some interesting and noteworthy presence among supply chain technology providers.
© 2014 The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group LLC and the Supply Chain Matters Blog. All rights reserved.
Perceptions of the Gartner 2014 Top 25 Supply Chains Ranking
In conjunction with its Supply Chain Executive Conference held this week, industry analyst firm Gartnerannounced its annual Top 25 Supply Chains rankings for 2014. This author attended this year's conference and the Top 25 Supply Chains announcement dinner held at the conference. Supply Chain Matters will feature our summary impressions regarding the messages delivered at the Gartner 2014 conference in a separate commentary.
As has been our tradition, Supply Chain Matters provides our readers with our perceptions of the named Gartner Top 25 Supply Chains in the context of both this year and with previous Gartner's Top 25 Supply Chains rankings. We now include a five year span of history in our perspectives commentary. To reiterate our previous declarations, our commentary should not be construed in the context of positioning our own or any other firm's proprietary ranking process, but as a voice that has observed and provided commentary and insights concerning global supply chain industry activities and developments these past six years. It is a means for ongoing social-media based interaction regarding what it takes to be recognized as a top-performing supply chain given today's complex and constantly changing business challenges.
Readers can click on Gartner's press release announcing the 2014 Supply Chain Top 25 which provides the detailed rankings and comparative scores that led to the rankings. Subscribers to Gartner's supply chain management and certain other research have access to detailed research reports concerning the Top 25 Supply Chains.
As a reference to our Supply Chain Matters readers, below is the announced 2014 ranking compared to four prior years of ranking:
First and foremost, Supply Chain Matters extends congratulations to each of the named supply chain organizations for achieving such recognition. There is obviously hard work that goes into achieving such recognition and citation.
Overall, we were a bit taken back by the similarity of this year's rankings to that of 2013. In assembling the above comparison, we noted just subtle changes. With the exception of two new well deserved entrants, Kimberly Clark and Seagate Technology, the named Top 25 Supply Chains remain essentially the same. Perhaps that is a sign that world class supply chain capabilities overcome multiple years of challenges. That is, of course how Gartner is communicating the 2014 ranking.
The supply chain of Apple now occupies the number one ranking for seven running consecutive years. However, this year, the peer opinion voting was recorded as much closer, with number three ranked Amazon.com's peer votes noted as 16 points below that of Apple. That was not the case in the 2013 ranking. Candidly, we expected Amazon to be the best candidate for dethroning Apple for the number one ranking in 2014. Apple's rival Samsung Electronics did not achieve a top-five recognition but the firm's composite score of 5.13 fell just below number five ranked Procter and Gamble, a stalwart in the Top 25 rankings for many years. P&G's composite score was recoded as 5.20 and garnered the second highest ranking from Gartner's analysts.
Reflecting on consistently number one ranked Apple, the bulk of that company's supply chain capabilities exist from the scale and constant responsiveness of predominantly outsourced manufacturing and logistics partners. The cited Gartner 2014 Top 25 Supply chains of 3M (#19), Intel (#8) and Seagate Technology (#20) are major suppliers to Apple. One wonders why other major Apple suppliers such as Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision), Flextronics International and Pegatron, along with a collection of other global scale Apple suppliers, have not been recognized. Perhaps that is attributed to Apple's zeal for supplier responsiveness at the cost of overall financial and margin performance among its major suppliers, as well as major suppliers having a considerable dependency on Apple's new product release (NPI) cycles. We brought that out in a commentary reflecting on the financial results of Hon Hai Precision, the parent of Foxconn.
The supply chain of Unilever has made steady progress over the past three year window in achieving a top five ranking and deserves special recognition. As in 2013, we continue to be perplexed how a restaurant services firm such as McDonald's can be consistently ranked in the top five given a far different supply chain services model that is less asset intensive than others reside in manufacturing-centric supply chains.
We continue to note the remarkable progress and recognition of Lenovo Group, which despite having an emphasis weighted toward vertical integration of its supply chain capabilities, has climbed to Top 25 Supply Chains recognition for the past two years. Supply Chain Matters has previously made mention of Lenovo's efforts to leverage its global supply chain scale via two major product acquisitions.
Dropping out of the Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain ranking for 2014 was the supply chains of Dell and Ford Motor Company. At the announcement dinner, Gartner provided honorable mention significance to the supply chains of Dollar General, DuPont, Ford Motor Company and Walgreens, and indication of perhaps future Top 25 rank possibilities.
As noted in our Supply Chain Matters commentary concerning Gartner's 2013 ranking, the unfortunate aspect of Gartner's Top 25Supply Chain ranking remains the relatively high threshold of corporate revenues which precludes up and coming manufacturers and retailers to be recognized. There remains too much of a dependency on Return on Assets which favors firms who elect to outsource the bulk of their supply chain activities. Supply Chain Matters does not subscribe to the opinion that financial metrics should be the majority driver for recognizing supply chain performance. It precludes noteworthy turnarounds in performance, overall supply chain process innovation and abilities to rise to a challenge in rather difficult industry settings. However, we were pleased that Seagate Technologies achieved recognition primarily due to its supply chain response to market opportunity after the devastating flooding in Thailand in 2011, which severely impacted the high tech disk-drive sector.
Our takeaway from Gartner's 2014 Top 25 Supply Chain ranking is that more supply chains need to be recognized. While each of the cited 2014 Top 25 Supply Chains have earned such recognition, far more deserve recognition. On this blog, we will continue to strive to provide such recognition.
© 2014, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group LLC and the Supply Chain Matters Blog. All rights reserved.
Follow-up on Announced Supply Chain Council Merger with APICS
This commentary is a follow-up to our previous breaking news posting regarding the announcement that supply chain corporate and individual certification organizations Supply Chain Council (SCC) and APICS will unite as one organization.
Today, the official announcement was distributed along with additional information and details regarding the proposed merger. Members of both organizations as well as all others can access all of this information at this web link.
Plans call for legal filings to be completed by mid-July with an interim board of directors established for the remainder of 2014. In 2015, as terms of board members naturally roll-off, the combined organization will be led by a single board of 12 members. Officers and committee leaders will be chosen in compliance with bylaws in effect.
Make no mistake that this is significant news in supply chain management talent management circles.
Earlier today Supply Chain Matters had the opportunity to speak directly with Abe Eshkenazi, the CEO of APICS regarding the announcement. While the briefing materials are extensive, we wanted to gain some additional background information. As we noted in our initial commentary, prior collaboration among these two organizations have occurred for some time. According to Eshkenazi, the talks heated-up last spring and summer; the more that these discussions progressed, the more apparent it became that this was an "opportunity to advance the industry." Because both of these organizations are classified non-profits, the effect of this merger is a combination of balance sheet assets, revenues and expenses. SCC has had some prior challenges with its balance sheet and expense controls.
Eshkenazi further indicated that an important consideration in the overall planning is retaining the value of the important brands among the two organizations. While the APICS brand will be maintained, the planned new branding for SCC activities will be branded as APICS Supply Chain Council, which will also oversee efforts that are currently organized under the APICS Foundation segment. Both organizations are content developers and there is recognition that this is the real power of this combination. Regarding certification programs, this merger provides the opportunity for a tighter integration between corporate and individual certifications along with combined body of knowledge and thought leadership regarding supply chain management.
A question we raised was the important yet significant differences among both of these organizations in the delivery of training programs. APICS currently provides the bulk of its member training through its local chapters offering a wide range of instructors while SCC delivers much of its training directly to corporate members by a smaller cadre of specialized instructors in regionally scheduled or corporate member training sessions within global chapters. APICS has a strong presence in North America along with roughly 90 instructional partners across 40 countries. Eshkenazi indicated confidence that the best of both models will be evaluated to assure continued value. He further pointed out that the combination with APICS provides SCC the benefit of increased scale and resources.
Finally, we wanted to explore with Eshkenazi what the impact of this proposed merger might be on other supply chain management focused organizations. Abe was very forthcoming in indicating that he has personally called the leadership of Institute of Supply Management (ISM) and the Warehouse Council and extended an open invitation for further joint collaboration. The APICS CEO will be personally attending the upcoming Annual ISM Member Conference that begins on May 9 and is invited to sit at the table of Thomas Derry, ISM's CEO. Readers can certainly speculate on that conversation.
From our lens, after talking with a number of supply chain colleagues, it would appear that APICS is positioning itself as the evolving "kahuna" of supply chain management training, certification and process frameworks.
There is no secret that there are probably too many organizations currently marketing supply chain focused training and process excellence and this announced merger may be a forerunner to the thinning of the herd. Time and broader supply chain management individual and community endorsements will determine how all of these efforts ultimately turn out.
Bob Ferrari
© 2014, the Ferrari Consulting and Research Group LLC and the Supply Chain Matters blog. All rights reserved.
Interview Highlights: The Intersection of Supply Chain Design and Operations Implementation
Today's constantly changing business needs have dynamic implications in supply chain management, for product and services focused supply chains. One of today's more important challenges relates to what companies can do to ensure that changes across supply chain networks are integrated to operations plans and strategies.
Professor Yossi Sheffi, founder of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), recently noted in a commentary featured on Supply Chain MIT and LinkedIn the following: "An area where (supply chain) agility is sorely needed is distribution. Logistics networks are constantly being reconfigured in line with changing market conditions." Professor Sheffi goes on to indicate that the pace at which networks are reconfigured will continue to increase as new innovations emerge, particularly as supply chains support combined discrete product and service package needs.
To further explore this challenge, Supply Chain Matters recently interviewed two executives at supply chain consulting firm Chainalytics. Vice President Steve Ellet leads the Supply Chain Design Practice focusing on applying large-scale optimization and simulation models to strategic and tactical supply chain network planning. Vice President Irv Grossman leads the Supply Chain Operations Practice where he is responsible for the delivery of services related to service supply chains, encompassing reverse logistics, after-sales service, and service-centric networks.
The following is a summarization of our discussion.
Q: How often should an organization be reviewing the supply chain network design plan?
Our conversation noted that supply chain network design is no longer a one-time exercise. There is a constant need to keep the supply chain network model refreshed to reflect current supply chain process activities. Strategy changes are occurring all of the time. Merger and acquisition, addition of new customers or required changes to customer fulfillment needs all can impact the network. Organizations need to have the model up and ready to be able to assess the implications of such changes.
Indeed, supply chain network design is no longer an annual or periodic exercise, but rather an active tool for strategic, tactical and operational assessment. Supply chain network design technology has become more and more mainstream for many teams. However, such models do require ongoing expertise and continuous refresh. Teams need to know what they are doing, and that is where a specialist comes into play.
In the specific area of B2C and retail focused supply chains, further consideration are the rapidly changing implications on Multi-Channel or Omni-Channel commerce where for instance, retail stores have become customer fulfillment centers or DCs service both cross-dock distribution, online fulfillment or direct ship needs. Retailers trying to manage two separate networks, one for brick and mortar and one for online, may well be sub-optimizing supply chain network capabilities. Retailers for the most part are just beginning to internalize such implications and these are important changes that need to be reflected in supply chain network design and fulfillment strategies.
Q: What should teams specifically be reviewing? Should supply chain network design be utilized as a means to evaluate different alternative business scenarios?
Noted in our discussion is that this is an area where Chainalytics consultants help all the time. Some supply chain decisions are constant, some are periodic and others ad-hoc. Teams need to be up-to-date with current data regarding the network. Transportation or fuel costs are changing constantly, coupled with changing key customers and suppliers. Each should be incorporated in the network model on a timely basis.
Certain tactical decisions that are easy to implement or do not require expensive capital can be continually evaluated with a vibrant supply chain network model. Examples may be moving a fulfillment site for supporting a key customer, adding a new production line, altering distribution patterns to reflect an expected product demand spike. Decisions focused on entering a new market, closing or adding a new facility are less frequent, but have considerable implications financially and otherwise. Models therefore can be configured so that data that is constantly changing is reviewed on an ongoing basis while other, more strategically focused network needs are reviewed periodically based on a particular business need. A decision as to whether to acquire another business or enter a new market can be quantifiably assessed as to impact on the current supply chain network.
The important tenet is that the network model provides a singular information reference point to depict profiles and changes, and is continually being refreshed.
Outside consultants add value when firms lack the knowledge for knowing what specific metrics to assess and how to represent them in a foundational network design. At what point does current supply chain performance imply an analysis of the current network to uncover bottlenecks in capacity, significant cost or service degradation? An experienced analytics team can help assess when it is time to evaluate or recommend needed changes.
Q: What best practices does Chainalytics recommend for clients to assure continuous supply chain network design processes are integrated into existing planning and operations proceeses?
Both Steve and Irv pointed out that performing a one-time large-scale network design consulting engagement is becoming less common in favor of ongoing assessments that make network modeling a continuous process that is part of the fabric of decision-making support tools. This makes it easier to assess network changes when constant business change becomes the norm.
Further brought out in our discussion is that change management competencies have become much more important for the network analytics team. Who is involved, who is brought in to assess various network scenarios, and how senior management becomes comfortable with recommendations from network design teams becomes integral to ongoing business planning and are now aspects of this change management component. While the analytics team has confidence in the results of network optimization, transference of that confidence to the broader business team to support such recommendations is often a stumbling area that is implied in change management. Chainalytics has advised clients on implementing a model value assurance scorecard process to assist in these efforts.
Q; Are there special considerations for service focused supply chains?
Service-focused supply chains are somewhat unique in that demand patterns are different, driven more from location of equipment, service facilities, or customer installations. There tends to be a lack of understanding on the overall elements and cost structures of the end-to-end value-chain network. Supply network changes constantly impact services businesses and, according to Ellet and Grossman, such supply chains can indeed benefit from use of supply chain network modeling to add more intelligence and context to decision-making. Consider that sometime in the not too distant future, parts or components can be produced by 3D printers located within key physical areas of the value chain.
While this segment has admittedly been slower than product-focused supply chains in the adoption curve, there are proven benefits. As an example, Chainalytics consultants have conducted previous network design and operations projects for an automobile parts distributor, a natural gas utility modeling the placement of service crews and parts, and a beverages supplier needing a model for network dispensing equipment with periodic maintenance and other needs.
In summary, today's more dynamic clock speed of business change warrants consideration for continuous use of supply chain network design modeling, integrated with operational decision-making. We would like to thank both Steve Ellet and Irv Grossman for speaking with Supply Chain Matters on these important capabilities.
Bob Ferrari
Disclosure: Chainalytics is a client of the Ferrari Consulting and Research Group LLC.
Boeing Announces Q1 Delivery Performance for Commercial Aircraft: The Good and Not So Good News
Boeing has announced the results of new commercial aircraft delivered in the first quarter, declaring the deliveries rose 18 percent from year earlier results. That headline seems to be somewhat of a misnomer.
First quarter 2014 deliveries included 161 commercial aircraft compared with 137 in Q1 of 2013. The misnomer is that all operational and in production 787 aircraft were in a grounded condition a year ago pending FAA investigation of suspected lithium ion battery fires, thus a comparison to last year's Q1 has little meaning. Boeing re-started 787 deliveries in early May of last year.
Boeing delivered 18 new 787's in Q1, a shortfall of the company's planned 10 aircraft per month goal. That compares to 25 new 787's delivered in Q4 and a continued sign of production and other supply-chain problems associated with the Dreamliner. On the positive side, Boeing delivered an incredible 115 new Next Generation 737 aircraft in Q1.
Supply chain glitches or issues involving the 787 have been ongoing. In early March, there were reports that inspections were being conducted for suspected hairline cracks on 43 yet to be delivered Dreamliner's because of potential flaws in a manufacturing process concerning supplier Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. In late March, the FAA issued its fourth airworthiness directive involving the 787-8 model, ordering an immediate fix to aircraft containing certain General Electric power plants where a suspected software glitch could cause the engine to lose thrust when close to landing. There have been other reports indicating that Boeing has experienced some difficulties in ramping-up overall production volumes at its Charleston South Carolina final assembly facility, prompting a hiring surge to augment the existing workforce there.
Currently operational 787's with GE engines are cautioned not to fly through severe thunderstorms after reports of some ice build-up incidents. In early February there was a report that Boeing was continuing to pressure suppliers for cost concessions and one major supplier, Sprit Aero Systems reported significant pretax charges for the final three months of 2013, including $385 million directly related to work performed on the 787.
Boeing's stated goal for 2014 is to deliver 110 long overdue Dreamliner's to airline and leasing companies, roughly 27-28 per quarter. Q1 was obviously not what the 787 supply chain ecosystem wanted in performance and bar has risen for Q2 and the remainder of the year.
In an era of high customer expectations and pay for operational performance, Boeing needs to quickly shift its 787 supply chain objectives from cost control to achieving and maintaining reliable delivery and operational performance for airline customers.


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Designated drivers make social media music
Bachelor of Arts (Music Industry) students applied classroom knowledge to create a social media campaign celebrating the Melbourne pub-rock scene's unsung heroes, designated drivers.
Part of the After Gig Guide to Road Safety as it appears on YouTube.
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In conjunction with Mushroom Marketing and the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) they filmed interviews with young designated drivers and bands at local pub-rock venues.
The campaign includes designated driver themes relevant to the live music community and is promoted through music videos on social networking sites, including the TAC's YouTube channel in a project titled TAC After Gig Guide.
Senior Road Safety and Marketing Manager, TAC, John Thompson, said the students had a good grasp of the target audience.
Mr Thompson said almost a quarter of drivers and motorcyclists killed in road crashes had illegal blood alcohol levels of 0.05 or higher.
He said almost 80 per cent of drink drivers killed were male, with the majority aged 21 to 39.
"I was impressed with how students understood the importance of managing risks by considering who is the designated driver when going out," Mr Thompson said.
Dr Barry Hill from RMIT University's School of Media and Communication said the project provided students with real-world learning experiences by working with leading music industry figures.
"This also gave students a wonderful opportunity to work on an important issue that affects so many young people," he said.
Carl Gardiner, Managing Director of Mushroom Marketing, said the project provided students and the live music community with a chance to play a constructive role in saving young lives.
The TAC After Gig Guide demonstrates a collaborative approach between road safety, education and the music industry.


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Chess Siberia
Welcome to Chess Siberia - our comprehensive chess guide, providing you news, tips, reading and software on the game we all love. Chess certainly isn't easy and it's definitely not a game of luck, unlike casino type games. It takes study, time and patience to develop your game and become a truly great chess player.
NewsThe Chess Women's Grand Prix 2014 Sharjah tournament takes place in the United Arab Emirates 24th August - 6th September. Free Days 29th August and 3rd September.
Chess Women's Grand Prix 2014 Sharjah tournament. Round 2: Games
Chess Women's Grand Prix 2014 Sharjah tournament. Round 1: Games
Chess Women's Grand Prix 2014 Sharjah Tournament. Opening Ceremony
Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru, Ju Wenjun, Harika Dronavalli, Tatiana Kosintseva, Zhao Xue, Elina Danielian, Anna Ushenina, Zhu Chen, Alina L'Ami, Tuvshintugs Batchimeg, Nafisa Muminova.
Site: http://sharjah2014.fide.com/
The Sinquefield Cup 2014 Super GM tournament takes place in Saint Louis (USA) 27th August - 7th September.
The 41st World Chess Olympiad 2014 took place in Tromso (Norway) 2nd-14th August. Free Days: 7th and 13th August.
Olympiad Open. 1. China - 19 out of 22, 2. Hungary, 3. India, 4. Russia, 5. Azerbaijan - 17.
China: Wang Yue, Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Ni Hua, Wei Yi.
Round 11: Poland-China 1-3 (Duda got his queen into the rival's camp in the opening and lost a pawn vs Yu, and Ding had a huge advantage in the endgame vs Gajewski, so China will be Champion), Hungary-Ukraine 2-2, Russia-France 2.5-1.5 (Edouard made mistakes 61.Qa7? 66.Bf1?, and Nepomniachtchi won. Kramnik grabbed a pawn in the ending vs Vachier-Lagrave, a draw), Azerbaijan-USA 2.5-1.5 (Mamedyarov had an extra piece vs Nakamura), India-Uzbekistan 3.5-0.5.
Round 10: France-China 1.5-2.5 (Yu beat Fressinet in the endgame), Ukraine-Azerbaijan 2-2, Hungary-Romania 3-1 (Rapport won a queen vs Vajda), Bulgaria-Poland 1.5-2.5, USA-Argentina 2.5-1.5, Serbia-Russia 1.5-2.5 (Kramnik grabbed a pawn vs Ivanisevic and won. Indjic sacrificed a piece vs Karjakin, but lost), Germany-India 1.5-2.5, Netherlands-Uzbekistan 1.5-2.5, Czech Rep-Belarus 2-2, Vietnam-Armenia 2-2.
Olympiad Women. 1. Russia - 20 out of 22, 2. China, 3. Ukraine - 18.
Round 10: Ukraine-Russia 2.5-1.5, China-Spain 2-2, Germany-Romania 2.5-1.5, Georgia-Poland 3-1.
Openings ClubsNew ideas in various chess openings.
Ding, Liren (2742) - Gajewski, Grzegorz (2659) [E11], World Chess Olympiad, Tromso (11) 2014. Notes by Boris Schipkov, 18.08.2014
So, Wesley (2744) - Jobava, Baadur (2713) [A40], ACP Golden Classic, Bergamo (6) 2014. Notes by Boris Schipkov, 31.07.2014
Van Wely, Loek (2657) - L'Ami, Erwin (2650) [A04], NED-ch, Amsterdam (6) 2014. Notes by Boris Schipkov, 22.07.2014
Hou, Yifan (2629) - Stefanova, Antoaneta (2488) [A35], Women's Grand Prix, Lopota (5) 2014. Notes by Boris Schipkov, 9.07.2014
Carlsen, Magnus (2837) - Polgar, Judit (2673) [E81], World Blitz Chess Championship, Dubai (14) 2014. Notes by Boris Schipkov, 27.06.2014
Caruana, Fabiano (2791) - Karjakin, Sergey (2771) [A34], Norway Chess, Stavanger (Round 9) 2014. Notes by Boris Schipkov, 18.06.2014
Kamsky, Gata (2713) - Akobian, Varuzhan (2643) [D02], USA Chess Championship TB, Saint Louis (2) 2014. Notes by Boris Schipkov, 30.05.2014
Best Chess Players And Games Of Month 2000-2004
Philosophy And Psychology Of Chess StruggleTheoreticians know all. The Slav Classic, the pressure on the centre, two weaknesses and a fighting spirit (by Boris Schipkov, 21.02.2012)
How To Play Against A Novelty (by Boris Schipkov, 17.11.2005)
Enlightenment (My precious)
Time trouble?! Zeitnot!
A real sacrifice
Reviews Of Chess EventsNew!
The review of chess events for 2013 (WCC match Anand-Carlsen, Candidates, World Cup)
The review of chess events for 2012 (40th Chess Olympiad, WCC match Anand-Gelfand)
The review of chess events for 2011 (Candidates Matches, World Cup)
The review of chess events for 2010 (39th Chess Olympiad, WCC match Anand-Topalov)
The review of chess events for 2009 (World Cup)
Chess And Fiction2013: I see Google develops Google Glass. It is interesting that I described in 2008 in my unpublished science fiction novel "Svetly put'" (that was used without my permission and partly stole by infamous writer V. Pelevin, the publishing house Eksmo and others) the powerful computer glasses. The competitors of the Google - Microsoft, Apple, Sony, Baidu (Baidu Eye), Olympus, Valve, Samsung and LG - also develops various wearable computers with a head-mounted displays. If a corporation donates me some money, then I could give the pages of my novel where I wrote about the computer glasses and what people did with it, and with augmented reality. Or I could sell the pages. Probably they could be useful for development, elaboration, advertising and promotion of such computer glasses.
Peter I, Napoleon I, Ivan IV the Terrible, Tamerlan, Frederick II, Philip II, Henry I did not play golf, tennis, football or hockey. They played chess, enjoying their rest time, developing the abilities and joining the world culture.
Nabokov's Luzhin and his prototypes. Disclosing the mystery
Chess And MusicTwo games of Francois-Andre Danican Philidor. By Boris Schipkov, 17.11.2012
Paul Morphy and Gioacchino Rossini (2000)
Chess, Cinema and PaintingMona Lisa Chess Superstar and the game of Marcel Duchamp. By Boris Schipkov. 5.03.2012
New pictures 24.02.2012
Chess And SoftwareThe epic trilogy - Dutch Defence by Boris Schipkov (CD-ROMs, ChessBase)
Critics's Voices on the Dutch Defence trilogy by Boris Schipkov
FIDE NewsNew!
A new record: Magnus Carlsen has the highest Elo rating in the world of all time, 2882 in May 2014 FIDE Rating List
FIDE Rating, May 2014, Top 100 Players
A new record: Magnus Carlsen has the highest Elo rating in the world of all time, 2881 in March 2014 FIDE Rating List
Germany leads in the number of rated chess players
A new record: Magnus Carlsen has the highest Elo rating in the world of all time, 2872 in February 2013 FIDE Rating List
Germany leads in the number of players with ratings. The greatest increase in the number of players was in India.
Germany leads in the number of players with rating. The greatest increase in the number of players was in Spain.
AnswersWe will fly to Mars in XXI century. We must fly.
Cosmos and Stars (by Boris Schipkov, 12.04.2006)
Space (Soyuz-9) - Earth (Control Center) [D20], Radio Match 1970 (by Boris Schipkov, 15.04.2006)
Extracts From Old Chess Papers.New!
The chess newspaper "64" for September, 1938. Photos by Boris Schipkov. 26.12.2013
The chess magazine "L'Italia Scacchistica" for September, 1933. Photos by Boris Schipkov. 3.02.2012
The review 5 numbers of the newspaper "64" for December, 1937 (28.01.2004)
Philidor is my friend, Alekhine is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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