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Top Transportation & Logistics Influencers

The Logistics of Logistics

Original article: Warner’s Top Transportation & Logistics Influencers. In light of the global environment in the past year and a half, we listed the top transportation & logistics influencers. The road hasn’t been easy for the transportation and logistics industries. miles of freight is expected to reach 7.67

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Just-in-Time vs. Just-in-Case Procurement During Supply Chain Disruption

Ware2Go

As a result, procurement must decide when and whether to rely on just-in-time or just-in-case models for purchasing and managing stock. What is just-in-time procurement? The automotive industry, for example, has famously relied on a JIT manufacturing strategy (or lean manufacturing) since the 1950’s. Advantages.

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Amazon and Uber’s Impact on Logistics! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Blog post and permission to publish provided by [link] and article created by trademachines.com. Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Check out What are the Top 7 Trends in Last Mile Logistics? The logistics industry is worth over $8.1 Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. These core assumptions are no longer true.

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Just-in-Time vs Just-in-Case Procurement During Supply Chain Disruption

Ware2Go

Recent supply chain disruptions , including images of cargo ships stuck off the West Coast , have led eCommerce shops to rethink their just-in-time and just-in-case procurement strategies. As a result, procurement must decide when and whether to rely on just-in-time or just-in-case models for purchasing and managing stock. Advantages.

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How the Semiconductor Shortage Could Have Been Averted

QAD

This quote is actually from an article published in July 2011. The good news is, according to an April 2021 survey conducted by Automotive News Research & Data Center , 42% of automakers and parts suppliers say they will change the way they manage supply chain risk due to the current global shortage of microchips.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

made that prediction in 2008 (see the Barron’s article What $300-a-Barrel Oil Will Mean for You ). Three years later, he stayed with his $300-a-barrel prediction, but shifted the timeframe to 2020 (see the CBS News article, Another $300 Oil Prediction — and Why This One Matters ).