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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology support. Our last full edition was published on February 14. billion in Generative AI start-up Anthropic.

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LTL Industry Trends and Tips for 2022

GlobalTranz

In our recent GlobalTranz 2022 Logistics and Supply Chain Trends and Outlook white paper, our experts review some of the factors that will shape logistics in the coming year and beyond. As a result, many shippers are revising their strategy from just-in-time inventory to just-in-case based on the hard lessons of the past two years.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define.

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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. The Drewy World Container Index , which stood at $9,304 per 40-foot container at the beginning of 2022, was reported as $2,120 by the end of 2002.

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Why the West Coast Ports Labor Dispute Matters to Retailers

The Network Effect

Director, Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium. Shippers still bear the scars from the disastrous 2002 work stoppage and have countermeasures in-place to avoid major disruption. Even when factoring in an economy that is healthier than a year ago, these numbers suggest retailers are pre-loading Holiday inventory.

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3 Common Distribution Challenges and Solutions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our Top 16 Articles on Freight and Logistics! Trying to manage all of these processes daily creates a range of obstacles that could delay or disrupt the supply chain. Customers are uniquely involved with the supply chain. Inventory Tracking.

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Podcast: Dave Anderson on the Evolution and Future of Logistics

Requis

On the third episode of Supply Chain Next we speak with Dave Anderson, someone we have no trouble describing as a logistics visionary. Throughout his career, Dave has been on the leading edge of logistics and supply chain forecasting and strategy. Game Changers: Adapting to Freight Deregulation and Globalization.