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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. With surgery, I just never got to the report finished. turns in 2013. turns in 2013. Kellogg posted 19% margin in 2013 and 6.96 Writing it takes weeks.

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Supply chains aren’t broken, it’s more a question of demand

Supply Chain Movement

The argument was that for years supply chain managers had put too much emphasis on working capital, implementing just-in-time inventory management, and relentlessly pushing inventory levels to absurdly low levels. Port capacities are not adequate, there aren’t enough containers and there is a shortage of truck drivers.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

The fulfillment center is the second of four next-generation facilities that aim to bring the powerful combination of people, technology and machine learning together to achieve faster shipping and delivery, while increasing Walmart.com order fulfillment capacity. And now on to this week’s logistics news. in McCordsville.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Each leaf acted alone, unaware of time and place, like me in the quiet house, watching leaves fall from the trees. In 3PL news, XPO Logistics announced that it has acquired Optima Service Solutions, LLC, “a leading non-asset provider of last-mile logistics services for major retailers and manufacturers in the United States” for $26.6

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White House Unveils Supply Chain Report

Enterra Insights

The review focused on four specific supply chain areas: “semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging; large capacity batteries, like those for electric vehicles; critical minerals and materials; and pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).”[1] 100-Day Report Findings.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

We first started writing about and featuring reshoring content back in September of 2013, and have since added 10 more reshoring related posts in our reshoring blog category. Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., And, some companies just instinctively followed the corporate crowd toward outsourcing.

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Procurement, Industry 4.0, Cybersecurity, Robotics and Automation: The Image of Manufacturing is Evolving.

GlobalTranz

What makes or breaks a new technology in manufacturing? Mostly, manufacturers demand technologies that can boost their output without causing an additional strain on resources, and the final five technologies changing manufacturing in 2016 did just that. In other words, some manufacturers continue to resist the trend.