Supply Chain View from the Field
AUGUST 28, 2013
Historically, businesses have used one of two extremes for inventory management: push-based or pull-based. Push-based inventory management uses demand forecast to manage inventory and replenish from the supply base. The pull-based method relies on the ability to replenish the “pulled” demand.
Supply Chain Matters
MAY 22, 2023
According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. Further indicated was: “ whether or not we have hit bottom of rates is unclear.”
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Talking Logistics
JULY 8, 2016
As reported by Loretta Chao in the Wall Street Journal: Orders for new heavy-duty trucks hit a nearly six-year low in June, indicating that trucking companies expect little relief from a weak freight market and sluggish economic growth. Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7 percent from 3 percent.
Supply Chain Matters
MAY 3, 2022
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.”. . They must further analyze and scrutinize inventory management process to avoid bullwhip buying effects.
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
Elementum Expands Supply Chain Management Suite with New Inventory App Powered by World’s Product Graph™. Global Container Volume on Track for Worst Year Since 2009 (WSJ – sub. Blockchain Makes Inroads in Shipping (WSJ – sub. Trade in 2016 to grow at slowest pace since the financial crisis. and global operations.
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 4, 2015
Oz’s solutions address a number of pain points for e-commerce shippers by automating logistics and supply chain processes, including order fulfilment, inventory management/scanning, and shipping. Well, as Alexander Chee reports in a long piece in the Wall Street Journal , “it is quickly and quietly becoming a reality.”
Talking Logistics
MAY 20, 2016
Manhattan Associates: New Inventory and Fulfillment Capabilities Give Store Associates More Time to Deliver a Fulfilling Experience. Five years later in 2009, I also predicted that a leading logistics service provider would acquire a leading logistics software company. E-Commerce Drives Surge in U.S. Warehouse Rental Prices (WSJ-sub.
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