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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Changing Landscape of Supply Chain Executives Traditionally, supply chain executives excelled in managing functions like transportation, warehousing, inventory, and production planning but supply chain process extends beyond the firm, involving global relationships with suppliers and customers.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics. Swinburne University of Technology. / Abu Dhabi University.,

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Amazon Effect: What Does Amazon Teach Us With Its Obsession Over Customer Experience

Turvo

On the surface, the Amazon Effect is the new standard of excellence that all customers have come to expect following the break-neck speed and low-cost, if not free, shipping associated with Amazon purchases. Amazon has become the quintessential example of customer experience and quality service as a leader in on-demand shipping services.

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The History of Supply Chain Management! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

pallets and pallet lifts) to improve the very labor intensive processes of material handling and how to take better advantage of space using racking and better warehouse design and layout. In the 1940s and 1950s, the focus of logistics research was on how to use mechanization (e.g.,

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Building Supply Chain Resilience Is Much More than Fixing Supply Problems

MIT Supply Chain

These disruptions include Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Sendai disaster, the start of trade wars between the US and China in 2019, and the Covid-19 pandemic. a loss of capacity to ship and/or transport products. warehousing space) to several years (e.g., when buying new trucks), to relatively short (e.g.,

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Podcast: Susie Bodnar on the CSCMP and the New Directional Shifts in Supply Chain

Requis

Why the era of supply chain is now at hand: When I graduated in 2005 there was no such thing as a supply chain manager, and now there is. It’s not just about procurement or warehousing, we go all the way to reverse logistics. When I started, that visibility was a phone call— ‘where is my container ship?’

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Unlocking the Power of JD Edwards Barcode Software: A Comprehensive Guide to Boosting Accuracy, Efficiency, and Cost Savings Across Industries

RFgen

With JD Edwards barcode software, organizations can automate supply chain processes, including inventory management, order processing, and shipping. Oracle acquired the platform in 2005, making JD Edwards a part of Oracle’s suite of enterprise software solutions.