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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As we finish 2021, the supply chain is front and center with challenges reported across the globe; across multiple industries from consumer products through to automotive. Fully automated Rack Clad Warehousing solutions from SSI SCHAEFER. As was quoted, “no one mentions the supply chain when it works, but when it fails….”

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Trends Transforming Logistics and Supply Chains In the MENA Region in 2023

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A McKinsey’s report published in 2022 indicates that 32 per cent of people from industries like automotive, consumer goods, and pharmaceutical find demand variability and forecasting responsible for value chain disruptions. billion by 2025. Technology and automation are major enablers towards this.

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Will Trucking Challenges Transform JITS in North America?

QAD

JITS is the acronym for “just-in-time-sequence,” a common supply chain practice in the automotive industry that eliminates or significantly reduces the need to maintain parts inventory at the assembly plant. Cost savings in warehousing and floor space along with associated reduction in personnel required. But why just in North America?

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Mexico sees solid manufacturing growth, courtesy of nearshoring

Resilinc

With the USMCA trade agreement providing greater certainty on trade rules and more transparency around labor and other ESG issues, OEMs in industries ranging from automotive to furniture, toys to medical products are growing their Mexico-based supply chains. As new U.S. Mexico’s largest categories of exports to the U.S. trade data.

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Micro-fulfilment: What Is It and How Does It Work?

Unleashed

By setting up a smaller, more convenient – and often automated – warehouse to fulfil orders, businesses can cut their fulfilment times significantly. It uses localised warehousing and combines it with the efficiency of automation – from order receipt to picking, packing and same-day delivery.

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Guide to warehouse robots: types of warehouse robots, uses, navigation & more

6 River Systems

More warehouses are adopting robotics technology than ever before. The warehouse robotics market was valued at $2.28 There are several types of warehouse robots offering varying functionality, allowing warehouses to select robotics solutions that aid with various processes. market leading the way.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Update April 25 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Report That Amazon Warehouse Workers Suffer Twice the Rate of Serious Injuries. Last week, Business Broadcasting Network CNBC , citing a new workplace safety study, which indicated that Amazon warehouse workers in the United States suffered serious injuries at twice the rate of rival companies in 2021. serious injuries per 100 workers.