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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

“We will see $300 a barrel — or roughly $250 in today’s dollars — because oil supply will be so short. That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 million bbl/d in 2015.” .

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What is Economic Order Quantity & its Advantages

SCMDOJO

Like safety stock calculations , EOQ is one of the most important equations in supply chain planning. With the rise of COVID-19, the supply chain in is facing a huge challenge in the lead time. Author : Emad Atef – CSCA, MBA (Candidate), Procurement and Sourcing Manager. References. Bowersox, David J.

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Unlearning Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

The near-infinite processing power Cloud computing provides (along with other technological innovations) will cause everyone in the supply chain and logistics field to unlearn the way we’ve always done things, everything from the way we design software applications to how we design and manage supply chain processes.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the course of the last two years, we at Supply Chain Insight s have worked on a methodology to gauge supply chain improvement. We named it the Supply Chain Index. We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Background on the Supply Chain Index.

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Sustainable Supply Chains Requires Effective Supply Management Capabilities!

Supply Chain View from the Field

This has brought about a recent understanding the role of transparency in sustainable supply chains, in support of a diverse set of stakeholder needs. Organizations must move towards a multi-faceted view of stakeholder accountability through increased transparency of activities in its extended supply chains.

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Time to Squeeze Carriers for Better Rates?

Talking Logistics

There was a deceleration in freight volumes during the second half of 2015 which continued into the first month of 2016. The sooner the supply chain cleans out the excess stocks, the better for trucking.”. percent in December from November , with December 2015 freight shipments down 2.0 percent from December 2014.

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What’s the Difference Between Bitcoin and Ethereum?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. It was brought to the market in 2009 with the idea of countering recession by a man called S Nakamoto. It was introduced way back in 2015 and soon turned out to be a popular option for digital currency. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on June 14, 2021.