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Key Takeaways from the BGSA Conference with Ben Gordon

The Logistics of Logistics

Cambridge Capital was founded in 2009 as the investment affiliate of BG Strategic Advisors (www.bgsa.com), the advisor of choice for a large, growing number of supply chain CEOs. Cambridge Capital leverages BGSA’s unique approach to strategy-led investment banking for the supply chain. The M&A deals included the following: 1.) Ben Gordon.

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Pet Food Experts Selects HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management

Herlitz Inventory Management

November 19, 2020, Cambridge, MA – Herlitz Inventory Management , leading innovator in scientific demand forecasting, replenishment, and optimization, announced Pet Food Experts has selected HIMPACT as its new purchasing system. Pet Food Experts was actively looking for a new forecasting and purchasing solution. About Pet Food Experts.

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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. The report specifically indicated: “ Average purchase prices rose to one of the greatest extents during the past 11 years, leading to the joint-steepest increase in output charges since the series began in October 2009.”. . This index fell to a value of 52.2,

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L’Oreal: A Beautiful Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. We studied this pre and post-recession. Here I share their story.

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

GlobalTranz

By 2020 there will be 50 billion networked devices. Ashton talked in depth about IoT to the RFIDJournal.com in 2009″ “Today computers – and, therefore, the internet – are almost wholly dependent on human beings for information. there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020.

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Five Ways to Drive a High-Performance, Cross-Border Automotive Supply Chain

TMC

Since 2009, U.S. Another useful practice is to work with shippers and destination receiving points to forecast labor requirements in distribution centers ahead of time. Department of Commerce estimates that Mexico may surpass Korea by 2020 to become the sixth largest worldwide vehicle producer with more than 5 million vehicles.

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Supply Chain Scope: New Study Shows Rise in US Inventories; California Estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030

Arkieva

the “inventory to sales” ratio (inventory levels divided by a month’s worth of sales) spiked in late 2008/early 2009 as the recession caught companies with way more inventory than needed versus suddenly shrinking demand. Do you supply particular products, overall; are your suppliers well distributed across the world?