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8 Things to Know in Shipping, Freight, Logistics & Supply Chain this Week

Intelligent Audit

In a webinar shared by Roadie and Supply Chain Dive , McKinsey and Company partner Manik Aryapadi spoke with Roadie Head of Marketing Mary Frances Jones about 2022 trends in last-mile fulfillment. administration and agencies to provide logistics and transportation support as needed, because when it matters most, FedEx delivers.”

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Current State of the Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

Gilroy of Transportation Topics News , shippers are looking to the future through investment into current operations to ensure long-term success and stability. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post Current State of the Capacity Crunch appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. Fleets Are Expanding.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

While this is bad news for oil producers, it is good news for US manufacturers who will see a significant fall in the cost of manufacturing and transportation. In July 2007, the price of natural gas rose to an astronomical $14 per MMBtu. Fall in the price of natural gas.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. We will be discussing the concepts of Customer-Centric Supply Chains on our webinar on August 17th. We then began the discussion on outside-in processes.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

The result is lower costs for inventory storage, reduced transportation costs , and products spend less time in transit, TradeGecko said. Products are taken from an arriving truck and packed in a truck bound for a store without lengthy storage in the warehouse, said inventory management software company TradeGecko. Gilmore, Dan. “50

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Manufacturing Mobility Movement: The 5 Pillars & Why Executives Must Pay Attention

GlobalTranz

On January 9, 2007, Apple radicalized how the modern world functions with the announcement of the iPhone. Since 2007, the face of mobility has changed, although a term used to describe the movement of a person, object, or body part, manufacturing mobility refers to how a manufacturer can connect and improve technology.

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IBM Beefing Up for Matrix Commerce in 2012

Supply Chain Network

enables you to more easily address both strategic and tactical supply chain decisions through enhanced ease of use and improved network design, sourcing optimization, and transportation modeling capabilities.” IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE V7.2 Link to announcement. Jeff Ashcroft.