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6 Strategies for Better Supply Chain Management in the Current Economy

Oracle SCM

Original version published in APICS Extra , July 2010. Supply chain executives were under pressure to develop more efficient, customer-centric supply chains while finding innovative ways to reduce costs and enable growth. They prioritized projects that reduced inventory and logistics expenses.

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Is COVID-19 the New Driving Force Behind Supply Chain Digitalization?

EazyStock

Why COVID-19 is Driving Supply Chain Digitalization. In 2019 MHI and Deloitte published their report “Elevating Supply Chain Digital Consciousness”. Digitalizing your Supply Chain by Introducing Inventory Optimization Software. recessions and economic slowdowns.

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How Sustainable Supply Chain Management Improves Ecommerce Stores

ShipBob

A typical ecommerce supply chain starts with sourcing raw materials to produce finished goods , which are then transported to a warehouse or fulfillment center before they end up with their end consumer. The objective of supply chain sustainability is to limit environmental harm while keeping the supply chain running.

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters. In 2010, a vendor architecture evolved with Cloudera providing packaged Hadoop solutions and Hortonworks providing Hadoop IT services. Inventories are high, and we have excessive ocean capacity.

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How Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment is Killing Kmart USA

Logistics Bureau

While Wal-Mart invested in fleet assets to drive distribution costs down, Kmart persevered with the use of external carriers and did nothing to try and reduce inventory touch-points. Vendor-managed inventory programs. Supply Chain Technology. Technology as a Strategy-enabler.

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Three new year’s resolutions for your supply chain

The Network Effect

Most observers agree that its massive building spree of fulfillment centers (adding 50 new facilities since 2010 alone) is setting the stage for same-day delivery throughout the U.S. Increasingly, these opportunities will be found in their supply chains. They seek out the hidden opportunities that no one else can see.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7-11, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Whether it’s preventing out-of-stocks of critical household items or making sure the kids are delivered on time in full to wherever they need to be, she keeps our supply chain running as efficiently as possible — while doing her day job too! Source: [link]. Happy Mother’s Day to all moms, for everything you do.