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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. Impact of Demand Sensing on Inventory Levels. The reason?

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

Supply chain shortages, global events, and inflation all make it harder than ever for companies to accurately predict customer demand. There are Five Symptoms of Outdated Forecasting and Inventory Planning Software: Have you diagnosed your problem– and solution–to improved demand planning? Image source: Sturgis Journal.

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Lean Transportation: Are you Using Lean Thinking for Transportation Management? If not, Why?

GlobalTranz

The need to transport parts also drives inventory up, creates a need for space to store those parts, and uses energy for more forklift time and warehouse heating. Rather, going beyond customer expectations needs to be fully understood, and transportation strategies then developed to meet those expectations with optimal inventory levels.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Jacobs in 2011.

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January Market Update: Transportation Industry News

CH Robinson Transportfolio

This month, we highlight five key factors that impact the transportation industry in North America. In their latest tonnage and economic reports, The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) indicated that some freight growth improvement is expected in 2016. So real capacity was created for the purchasers of these services.