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China’s 2024 Export Performance is Telling for Potential Tariff Impacts

Supply Chain Matters

From our lens, we believe that this December data is further evidence that industry supply chain teams are indeed front-loading or hedging inventory just-in-case purchases in expectation of announcements of higher tariff rates by the incoming Trump 2.0 Reportedly in December alone, exports to the U.S. Total exports to the U.S. administration.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. When we compare the results of P&G to its peer group for 2012-2021, P&G outperforms in inventory turns and margin but underperforms in growth and asset utilization. Was this by design? My reasoning?

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Preparing to Run Supply Chains at the End of the Second Global Economy

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization, increasing access to China as both a channel and a supply source. Expect greater variability in lead times and an increase in in-transit inventory. Inventory Management. Few are ready to rationalize the differences in the price of inventory on receipt. Take two actions.

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow. Operational strategies. Buying forward.

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Supply Chain KPIs You’ll Want Every Morning

Logility

in inventory write-down and 20% drop in stock value. Management must be cognizant of issues of procurement, manufacturing, inventory, and distribution that impact satisfaction and loyalty. COGS, Total Supply Chain Cost, Productivity, Returns Rates, Carry Cost of Inventory. WMS failure causes Adidas to under ship by 20%.

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Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

According to Lummas et al 2001 , the word "Logistics" in English appeared in the article as early as in 1898. Here at resupply points, inventory was stored for up to 8 days. 1) Current State. Then, Ive created the conceptual model of the news as below, Conceptual Model. to another " is a bit tricky.

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Sourcing and Procurement: One but Not the Same

Precoro

This month, we continue our Procurement Basics series and would like to introduce our readers to yet another set of often misused business terminology. As both sourcing and procurement are related to obtaining supplies for the organization, confusing these two terms is easy. Procurement. What Is Procurement Process?