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Understanding Inventory Tax: An eCommerce Merchant’s Guide

Ware2Go

Everything you need to know about inventory tax. Learn which states collect it, its impact on your business, how to reduce it, and how to leverage fulfillment technology to accurately track and control inventory. Understanding Inventory Tax. Is There a Federal Inventory Tax? How Does Inventory Tax Affect My Business?

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Reflections on Hard Hats and Safety Shoes…

Supply Chain Shaman

As I work with teams to envision the new tomorrow, I find fewer people know the basic concepts of manufacturing planning–cycle inventories, freeze duration, slush period, bottlenecks and constraints. And, the service supply chain can be redesigned to have less inventory and more uptime. I live in West Virginia.

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A New Red Wagon?

Supply Chain Shaman

I grew up in the mountains of West Virginia. As shown in Figure 1, the company has been unable to maintain balance on the portfolio of cost and inventory. Note that recent inventory progress is slipping against the improvements during the recession). ” The mountain expression is a warning. Amazon bought Whole Foods.

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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

When I was a small child growing up in the mountains of West Virginia in the United States, on snowy days, my family would gather around the kitchen table and play board games. Focus on Multi-Tier Inventory Management. One of my favorites was the board game Risk. It was a turn-based board game introduced in the 1950(s).

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

West Virginia. North Carolina. North Dakota. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. South Carolina. South Dakota. Washington. Zip / Post Code *. Label Description (type and application) *. What is 1 + 1? *. The post What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important? appeared first on AB&R.

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

A large thunderstorm impacting Maryland and West Virginia caused an almost 193-hour outage that affected 145,000 people. ERP becomes especially important in a disaster as it can keep teams connected, provide transparency into asset visibility and allow companies to more readily track inventory levels across multiple facilities.

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

A large thunderstorm impacting Maryland and West Virginia caused an almost 193-hour outage that affected 145,000 people. ERP becomes especially important in a disaster as it can keep teams connected, provide transparency into asset visibility and allow companies to more readily track inventory levels across multiple facilities.