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What are the Supply Chain Management Lessons to Learn from the Covid-19 Crisis

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As I write this blog, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage populations and economies around the world. The total costs, in terms of human lives, disrupted supply chains, ruined businesses and GDP impact, are still just projections in the array of charts presented daily by statisticians and data modelers. Yes, cost still matters.

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New Industrial Distribution Report Features Expert Interview with Jim Tompkins

Tompkins Blog

Large players [are] likely to put mom-and-pops out of business en masse,” Tompkins says. The future of the maintenance, repair, and operations [MRO] industry is dominated by several broad, major players and a few specialists who can ‘go deep’ in a specific category.”. CONTACT: Barbara Adams. badams@tompkinsinc.com.

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Improve Goods Flow By Outsourcing Logistics!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In recent years, however, companies have increasingly outsourced these services internally to shared business service centers (SBSC), managed by logistics service providers (LSP) specializing in various logistics functions. Better Focus on Your Core Business. Logistics and transportation are essential components of any supply chain.

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Supply Chain Carbon Footprints: Do We Know What We Don’t Know?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

The reports for Scope 1 and 2 are expected to be reasonably accurate, but it is understood that when firms report Scope 3 emissions, there is no claim that that report is complete; firms often just pick one or two categories, such as “business travel”, and only report emissions in that category. 2008) does.

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Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Blog post and permission to publish provided by Milan Vyas. Collaboration between companies – joint initiatives that go beyond their normal course of day-to-day business, with the aim of delivering significant improvement over the long term. Look at the Apple Store as a prime example of collaboration en masse.

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Seeing Supply Chain Visibility through Different Lenses

Bristlecone

-based freight forwarder, who moved goods like tiles, he emphasized how important it is for his business to be able to predict delivery of goods from the port to the factory warehouse. The ability to provide advance visibility to delivery windows helps him bid higher-margin, time-sensitive product shipments and grow his business.

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How AI, Machine Learning and Automation Will Impact Business in 2018 and Beyond!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Blog post originally published at tenfold.com Permission to publish provided by Ira Padilla. Check out How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Change Decision Making for Businesses! But for the longest time, small to medium sized businesses were not serviced by the latest tech trends enterprises have been able to benefit from.