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Doing Business in Spain

QAD

Although its economy was strong and growing immediately after the country joined the EU in 1986, it entered a severe economic depression in mid-2008. Regardless of your need to ship by air, water, road or rail, Spain’s infrastructure can support it, so it’s easy to make decisions that meet both cost and speed criteria. billion in 2017.

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Offering Prayers While Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2008-2009, nine died and hundreds became ill. The PCA Corporation lost their case in the court of public opinion in 2008, but the federal conviction is seven years later. In 2008, the company manufactured 2.5% The food recall is the largest in US history. The sentence is groundbreaking. Was it profits before safety?

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

The company is a Fortune 500 company serving four major markets: Data Centers, Client Computing, Mobile and Connected Devices and the Consumer Markets. The supply chain is vertically integrated and global shipping almost 2 million units daily. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014. This is a story of a supply chain turnaround.

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Top 6 Wholesale Distribution Trends for 2019

EMERGE App

They face higher tariffs on imported raw materials and goods for sale. Shipping costs are also expected to spike upwards. The rise of China in the past decade coincided with a global economic boom after the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Drop Shipping Will Face a Decline. Drop shipping has enjoyed a hot decade.

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Seven Thoughts to Build a Customer-Centric Supply Chain Organization

Supply Chain Shaman

In the fall of 2008 I attended a major consumer packaged goods company’s global customer team meeting. Shipping Standards. A major consumer packaged goods company gives discounts for full trucks, even layers and preferential timing for dock door acceptance. Reflections.

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Why investors are looking at supply chain technologies in 2020

Requis

We’re not going to be investing in companies that want to buy trucks, busses and ships, but we are going to be investing in startups that are creating software and possibly hardware that makes it possible to manage those assets, and manage them much more efficiently than was possible in the past.”.

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Why Are My Freight Rates Increasing? Retail Demand Remains Elevated

Zipline Logistics

Shoppers collectively reallocated much of their spending, shifting from experiential purchases, like travel or dining, to consumer goods. Because many brick and mortar locations were reduced in operating capacity or consumers did not feel comfortable shopping in person, a massive number of these transactions occurred online.

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