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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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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Rail freight networks operated by Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific in Texas, USA were heavily disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey, according to reports on Friday, August 25th. Gulf Coast, surplus fuel inventories may help the industry withstand the worst storm to hit the country in more than a decade.

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COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict Global Supply Chain News Capsule March 23 2022

Supply Chain Matters

based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . importers are resetting inventory ordering strategies to avoid any contentious contract talks this summer.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 12-16, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Keeping track of warehouse inventories with an army of fully autonomous drones (TechCrunch). Google Express, the tech company’s fast delivery service, expands in Kansas City (Kansas City Star). Baidu receives approval from California DMV to test self-driving cars (Reuters). project44 Raises $10.5M

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 17, 2023)

Talking Logistics

24 years ago today, I started a new job. I arrived at the office expecting to start a research project related to the semiconductor industry (where I had spent most of my career at that point, and what I had been hired to do). Instead, I was told that I would do a market study.

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Stacey Huddleston | Receivables Financing — What You Need To Know

4WL Consulting

Joining us today is Stacey Huddleston— sales director of Prestige Capital in Kansas City. Mike: Just to give you a little more background on Stacey, Stacey is the sales director at Prestige Capital and resides in Kansas City with his wife and Labrador Retriever. This is exciting.

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Stacey Huddleston | Receivables Financing — What You Need To Know

4WL Consulting

Joining us today is Stacey Huddleston— sales director of Prestige Capital in Kansas City. Mike: Just to give you a little more background on Stacey, Stacey is the sales director at Prestige Capital and resides in Kansas City with his wife and Labrador Retriever. This is exciting.