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Inventory Everywhere, But Not the Right Product to Ship

Supply Chain Shaman

Despite investments in planning, today, industries hold 28 more days of inventory than in 2004. Today’s organization is less aligned than in 2004. This was the largest deceleration in the headline CPI since the rise of inflation in April 2020. Bloated inventories. Rising inflation. The reason? increase in January.

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Industry Transformation: Advanced Manufacturing and Digitalisation of Supply Chain-Logistics

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

International Airports and Ports almost came to a standstill as the worlds international airline fleets were grounded and maritime shipping disrupted and stalled. SHIPPING ,TRADE CONNECTIVITY AND SUPPLY CHAIN DIGITALISATION. Mr Singh was the Chief Executive of SATS Airport Services from 1998 to 2004. Karmjit Singh.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Container Ship Leasing Trends Downward. population with next or two-day shipping. The facility will also fulfill Marketplace items shipped by Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS). American Shipper reported that indexes measuring container-ship rental rates are now dropping rapidly. And now to this week’s logistics news….

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The Internet of Things in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

in 2004 to $0.38 1] Ajay Rane, “ Why IoT Is Key to a Seamless Supply Chain ,” SupplyChainBrain, 13 April 2020. [2] 4] Dan Robinson, “ IoT in logistics: How connected tech is being adopted in warehouses, shipping and haulage ,” NS Business, 23 August 2018. [5] in 2019, for example. ”[6].

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2020 Freight Shipping Outlook: More Capacity Could Heat Competition

Freight Center

2020 Freight Shipping Outlook. Freight Shipping Factors Changing. We’ve been pointing to a number of issues that have elevated freight shipping rates over the last few years. In the past few months there has been an increase in the volume of freight shipped. Here’s why. More Trucks on the Road. Here’s why.

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Supply Chain Matters

in March, and the lowest level recorded since August 2020. That level of activity is equated to that of February 2020, at the start of the global wide Covid-19 spread that originated from China. The authors of this report noted that manufacturing output fell at second-steepest rate since this survey began in early 2004.

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6 Things We've Learned from McDonald's Procurement Management

AFFLINK

McDonald’s has new goals that it wants to achieve by 2020, including purchasing sustainable beef and sourcing 100% recycled fiber packaging. In 2014, McDonald’s developed its Global Sustainability Framework , meaning that it aimed to find suppliers who produced more sustainable products.