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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Or, alternatively, a company carries too much inventory, storage for excess inventory must be purchased, and cash flows become tight. The Franklin Sports Supply Chain 75% of Franklin Sports goods products, by revenue, are produced by third party contract manufacturers. 25% of the products are purchased and then kitted by the company.

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Customer Segmentation Remains Relevant and Necessary

Enterra Insights

Today you hear a lot about personalization in marketing and customization in manufacturing. After all, customer segmentation can be traced back to the earliest eras of marketing and manufacturing when people intuitively understood that, for the most part, men and women were looking to buy different goods.

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Supply chain & logistics webinar

Proxima

At our recent webinar, held with Supply Chain and Logistics consultancy Hatmill, Proxima’s Simon Geale welcomed Joe Metcalf, Johnathan Foster, Neil Jordan, and Simon Dixon to discuss their advice on the tools needed now to achieve supply chain and logistics success across: warehousing, automation, freight, and reverse logistics.

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COVID-19 accelerates four trends and changes within global supply chains

Proxima

2020 has introduced new logistical blueprints to follow and the push to get work done with fewer employees has grown exponentially as social distancing directives continue to influence the nation’s manufacturing. Lockdowns have given a new edge to e-commerce as returns for online purchases tend to be three-fold compared to in-store purchases.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

These two innovations opened up the possibility of a diversified global manufacturing system in which products, including the parts that would be assembled into more advanced products elsewhere, could be made in the most cost-effective regions. The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83

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7 Social Commerce Examples – And What You Can Learn from Them

Unleashed

Zimba, a manufacturer of teeth whitening products Where? While presenters discuss the products or answer people’s questions, product information comes up on-screen that viewers can click on, add to cart, and purchase. 100% Pure, a natural skincare and beauty products manufacturer Where? 100% Pure Who?

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ERP is an Oxymoron

synchrono

Many of the early ERP solutions provided some procurement functionality as well as sales orders, though not many offered manufacturing-oriented functionality like the ability to configure products on the fly. There is a belief that manufacturers are slow to adopt technology. Manufacturing Demands a Different Approach.