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Top 5 Logistics Challenges and Solutions for the Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges, such as a skilled labor shortage, supply chain instability, and inventory management issues. Here are the challenges we’re seeing across the industry, and what they mean for your supply chain and your shipping processes. Supply Chain Management and Maintaining Inventory.

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Editor’s Choice: It’s time for traditional inventory management to evolve!

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from Zheyuan Du at Kinaxis and discusses unconventional solutions to excess inventory challenges. According to recent statistical data, vacancy rates for industrial real estate across North America have been declining since 2020 and reached an all-time low in the third quarter of 2022.

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Achieve Seamless Material Flow in Industrial Equipment with Material Synchronization

DELMIA Quintiq

Industrial equipment manufacturers today are operating in an increasingly complex and ever-evolving landscape. Furthermore, the manufacturing workforce gap is a growing concern across all industries. Furthermore, the manufacturing workforce gap is a growing concern across all industries. In this sector.

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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Is supply chain inventory the problem?

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Transportation Metrics That Matter Most to Track and Improve Performance

GlobalTranz

Creating a data-driven supply chain tracking important transportation metrics helps shippers respond and adapt as quickly as possible to known and unknown events. Why Monitor Transportation Metrics. Transportation metrics provide visibility that helps drive operative and competitive advantages.

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LTL Industry Trends and Tips for 2022

GlobalTranz

It covers macro trends in the LTL, Truckload and Managed Transportation Service sectors and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this post, we’ll do a deep dive into less-than-truckload (LTL) industry trends to watch for 2022, and highlight actions that shippers should consider to guide their strategy throughout the year.

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Unlocking Insights with Life Cycle Inventory Analysis

SCMDOJO

This is where the Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) comes into play. In this article, we dive deep into the world of Life Cycle Inventory, exploring its significance, methodology, and applications. What is the Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)? It includes determining the purpose of the study, the system boundaries (i.e.,