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5 Reasons Why You Need a TMS to Build a Resilient Supply Chain

TMC

Customers depend on greater speed, visibility, quality, and consistency. Now shippers need to manage localized inventory variety, location complexity, legal and regulatory concerns, longer distances and shorter distances, more modes, and tighter windows. PANEL: • Jordan Kass, President, Managed Services. Register today!

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5 Reasons Why You Need a TMS to Build a Resilient Supply Chain

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Customers depend on greater speed, visibility, quality, and consistency. Now shippers need to manage localized inventory variety, location complexity, legal and regulatory concerns, longer distances and shorter distances, more modes, and tighter windows. PANEL: • Jordan Kass, President, Managed Services. Register today!

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

Proxima

Next, strategic quality control and business recovery efforts were put into action – but not without some unparalleled challenges along the way. Sales and revenues are great, but there needs to be real confidence that you’ll get 20-30% returns,” Jordan continued. Companies reacted swiftly to protect employee health and safety.

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What Is LIFO and How Can It Be Used?

ShipBob

Imagine this scenario: Jordan operates an online furniture company that holds luxury furniture inventory in a large warehouse. Recently, Jordan purchased 20 sofas at $1500 each and six months later, another 20 of the same sofa at $1700. . When Jordan opened the business, he decided that LIFO made the most sense.

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FMCG: Costs and Supply Chain Excellence

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Well, actually my friend rated the quality of supply chain in the military as ………. All FMCG supply chain people will have all had the dubious privilege to call Metro or Asda or Tesco to say “sorry, we are out of stock on Bloggo Powder but it will be with you on Tuesday”.

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Additive Manufacturing continues to Mature

Enterra Insights

They cite a Deloitte study which concludes, “Many manufacturers and end users have difficulty stating with certainty that parts or products produced via 3D printing — whether all on the same printer or across geographies — will be of consistent quality, strength, and reliability. ” Environmental impacts. Footnotes. [1]

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Three Mega Trends Driving Supply Chain Transformations

TMC

All of this creates increased supply chain complexity through localized inventory variety, location complexity, legal and regulatory concerns, longer and shorter shipping distances, more modes, and tighter windows for on-time delivery. This led to disparate, poor quality of data and a lack of visibility to disruptions.