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Unchain Your Potential with Supply Chain
Author: CJ Nord Our core mission is the protection of children and family prosperity. Unchain Your Potential is our exclusive educational program that helps students reach their fullest potential in supply chain and any career. This is an overview/excerpt of the...
There’s Cash in That Trash – Creating a true circular economy is not impossible, but it will take an industry-wide collaboration to educate and train companies how to be more sustainable.
Author: CJ Nord and Tovi Spero This is an excerpt from an article that appeared in Surface and Panel in July 2025. Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword; it’s a critical business strategy. In the world of manufacturing, including the woodworking and furniture...
A Message to Sheriff Robert Luna
Author: CJ Nord Our purpose is to inspire the entire supply chain profession to make a difference in injustice that causes harm to humanity. That’s what this is all about. This is a copy of the letter I sent to Sheriff Robert Luna of the Los Angeles County Sheriff...
The Why
Author: CJ Nord They say you are supposed, to begin with, the Why. Nearly 30 years ago when I started in supply chain my Why was that my job paid the rent and I was hooked on the adrenaline rush we all know so well from solving unsolvable problems.Now, so many years...
There’s Grit in InteGRITy
Author: CJ Nord Heads up: This talks about sexual, and racial violence. Please pass it by if that might steal your peace, but before you go, I want you to know that my purpose is to inspire the entire supply chain profession to make a difference in injustice that...
Lured with a Chocolate old Fashioned
Author: CJ Nord My purpose is to inspire the entire supply chain profession to make a difference in injustice that causes harm to humanity. That’s what this is all about. "After-mass" coming from my Momma meant when I was going to get my donut, and cup of milk in the...
I’m Baking Up A Circular Supply Chain
Author: CJ Nord To bake bread, you need a baker. You can put the flour, yeast, and water in a room together. You can introduce them to each other and encourage them to network. You can incentivize them with grants, and tax breaks, and invite them to panel discussions,...
