Knight, Philip

A 400 million upgrade to Nike s supply chain systems resulted in 100 million in lost sales and a 20 percent stock dip. The reason given by Philip Knight, then Nike s chairman and CEO, was "complications arising from the impact of implementing our new demand and supply planning systems and processes. 

Philip Knight, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nike... 

A third party consisting of Raymond Priestley, Bertram Army tage, and Sir Philip Brocklehurst explored the Ferrar Glacier and the ice-free valleys of southern Victoria Land west of Ross Island. Both parties were picked up by the Nimrod and, after Shackleton and his men had returned from their trek, the Nimrod headed north and landed safely in Lyttelton Harbor on the South Island of New Zealand. Ernest Shackleton was knighted by the King of England for his achievements in Antarctica, but his career of geographic exploration did not end there. 

Philippe de Commynes, The historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton, translated by Thomas Danett (London Ar. Hatfield for J. Norton, 1596), pp. 76-7. 

Jes Broeng, Stig E. Barkou, Anders Bjarklev, Jonathan C. Knight, Tim A. Birks, and Philip St. J. Russell Highly increased photonic band gaps in silica/air structures. Opt. Commn., 156(4-6), (1998) 240-244... 

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