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What the Coronavirus Pandemic Means for Global Supply Chains

Shipchain

The activity of Chinese manufacturing plants has fallen in the past month and is expected to remain depressed for months.” . Although initially compared to the SARS outbreak, Coronavirus seems to be hitting much harder and much more quickly than the 2003 epidemic. And according to AXIOS , U.S.

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Walmart again Raises Chargeback Stakes

Enterra Insights

Reporting on this development, Jennifer Smith ( @jensmithWSJ ) and Sarah Nassauer ( @SarahNassauer ) write, “Looking to cut inventory while meeting e-commerce demands, the retailer wants more of the goods it orders delivered on time and in full. threshold for food consumables.

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Ooh, Scary Stuff, Kids. Tales from the Supply Chain Crypt.

Kinaxis

Fortunately, Libby’s, which has an estimated 80% of the canned pumpkin market, had enough canned inventory to make it through Thanksgiving. In September 1999, candy giant Hershey Foods former CEO and Chairman told Wall Street analysts that the company was having trouble with its new order-taking and distribution computer system.

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How Do We Heal the Healthcare Value Network?

Supply Chain Shaman

Pharmaceutical companies are struggling with falling margins and rising inventories. Over the last decade, neither the pharmaceutical nor medical device manufacturer has been able to drive the revenue/employee productivity gains of their comparative peer groups. It is rising inventory levels. Current State: Costs are rising.

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How the Terra Acquisition Fits Into the Future Supply Chain

E2open

Campbell Soup was the first company to adopt demand sensing in 2003. Data from E2open’s Forecasting Benchmark Study – encompassing more than $250 billion in sales from 14 multinational manufacturers – shows that demand sensing cuts weekly forecast at the item-location level by 37% compared to traditional demand planning systems.

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eCommerce Considerations During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Vinculum

The supply sides of businesses are struggling to continue manufacturing operations as most of this activity takes place in China, where the virus outbreak has been the most severe. Both Alibaba and JD.com expanded during the SARS crisis in 2002-2003. Not the first time. Change in Actions. and electronics at 42.7%

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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. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. A manufacturing capability is not ubiquitous.