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Savvy Supply Chain Leaders Aren’t Letting a Good Downturn Go to Waste

Logistics Viewpoints

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. A famous 2010 HBR article, “Roaring Out of Recession,” studied how 4,700 public companies fared during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000. 17% went bankrupt, went private, or were acquired. Faster order-to-cash.

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Athletic Greens Selects Stord as Fulfillment Partner to Power Accelerated Growth Trajectory

Stord

The partnership includes a multi-facility, nationwide fulfillment footprint, equipped with automation, robotics, and Stord’s proprietary inventory and order management software (OMS), to best serve Athletic Greens and its customers as the company grows. Learn more at drinkAG1.com.

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US Food Manufacturing Success: Outsourcing MRO Supply Chain

Synovos

How much inventory do you want to carry versus the impact of being down for hours or a day? Another target is annual inventory optimization, which is balancing inventory to meet maintenance requirements without ordering excessive quantities. Seeing how well we perform, that’s what’s kept us around since 2010,” they conclude. “I

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US Food Mfg. Thrives After Outsourcing MRO Supply Chain:13-year Partnership Generates Millions in Savings

Synovos

How much inventory do you want to carry versus the impact of being down for hours or a day? Another target is annual inventory optimization, which is balancing inventory to meet maintenance requirements without ordering excessive quantities. Seeing how well we perform, that’s what’s kept us around since 2010,” they conclude. “I

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Nothing Easy About Supplier Relationship Management

Talking Logistics

companies liable for child labor, slavery, human trafficking and dangerous working conditions among their suppliers, the risks to corporate brands grows by the day, said Chris Johnson, the former general counsel of General Motors North America who heads the ABA business section’s supply-chain initiative. Litigation is increasing.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

These giants drove slight improvements in operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) despite a slowing economy. Over the past two years, P&G made impressive gains in operating margin and inventory turns, but the company failed to equal the ROIC test for asset utilization. This is a global market.

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The 7 Trends Shaping The Future of the Logistics Industry

GlobalTranz

When you consider that Apple introduced its iPad in the year 2010, and now tablet sales are about to overtake the combined sales of desktops and laptops, it becomes apparent. In the past, the logistics industry’s growth was driven by Asia to Europe and Asia to North America exports. Patterns of Growth . Today it is not so.