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Vendor Managed Inventory? Think twice and consider the risks!

Supply Chain View from the Field

Plus it saves us all of the headaches associated with logistics and that other messy stuff… ” The concept of Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) is defined as a supply initiative where the supplier assumes responsibility of tracking and replenishing a customer’s inventory. 1, 2006. Material expediting increased. R eferences.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. The first of 14 residential shipping container complexes now built in the UK is completed in 2001. . . Significance.

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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

Obviously, a lot of manufacturing equipment buyers wait for the show before committing to purchase and of course a lot of orders are set up to be taken at the show as well! At the trough of the recessions in 2003 and 2009, only $100 million worth of equipment was being purchased. It was, however, slower in and slower out.

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The Batch Food Traceability Survival Guide

RFgen

This guide is intended to help food manufacturers and distributors: Consider the requirements of FDA traceability compliance, Calculate the potential costs of a recall, Review solutions other companies have used successfully to track food, Gain practical advice for how to improve traceability systems and processes, and. ConAgra Foods, Inc.

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LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

Now, UPS has aggressively grown into freight and other transportation solutions through a series of strategic acquisitions. UPS Freight provides a variety of LTL freight solutions including: standard, regional, inter-regional and long-haul service. In 2001, UPS acquired Mail Boxes Etc., The Mail Boxes Etc.,