Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

”[1] Scott Deutsch, President of Ehrhardt + Partner, North America, adds, “Technology is driving changes in consumer behaviors that are undeniable. which makes Internet-connected exercise bikes, but also for more traditional manufacturers such as the athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc.”[3].

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2016

As one of its many programs, it initiated the “2015 Going the Distance Challenge” here in North America. We exercised, we had fun, we supported each other. We focus on reducing miles driven, making a delivery in hours instead of days, minimizing inventories, or increasing the utilization of our workforce.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

For example, US-based companies may be quite fortunate if they have access to manufacturers right on their doorstep in Mexico, a country with far lower labour costs than the rest of North America. Improve Inventory Management Will your logistics outsourcing strategy include contract warehousing?

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price. Zachary said.

Reverse Logistics 75

Reverse Logistics Purchasing Skills Logistics Network Optimization Software Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 75

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For example, could some areas of your warehouse be adapted via racking optimisation to store higher inventory volumes? If so, other areas might house less inventory (perhaps slow-moving SKUs only) or be assigned as bulk storage, requiring less use of artificial light and other costly energy resources.

Cost Reduction Strategies 89

Cost Reduction Strategies Warehousing Waste Reduction Purchasing Skills 89

QAD

MARCH 5, 2020

The industry can sell pills, fad diets and short-cut exercise programs, but the bottom line is that most people who know will tell you the simple fact is you can’t outwork a bad diet. And all the way through for my hundreds or even thousands of vendors, and even if I have been doing business with vendors for years, I do the exercise.

Vendor Strategies 140

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2020

And with less manufacturing output there were fewer container ships leaving Asia full of goods meaning activity in ports in North America and Europe would slow down rather quickly. This redundancy provides greater contingency and options that can be exercised relatively quickly when a crisis of any kind occurs.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities. The only option was to try to reduce levels of inventory, which, up to that point, had been kept very high to support a nine-week order cycle.

Cost Reduction Strategies 54

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction Price Reduction 54

Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Very recently I was a member of a project team implementing an Asset/Inventory Management system for a well-known pipeline maintenance company in North America. In the course of the implementation I had the opportunity to interact with the business leads managing both operations and inventory functions in the organization.

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