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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? In current systems where Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) and Transportation Management (TMS) are different models, alignment is impossible.

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The Supply Chain Merry-Go-Around

Supply Chain Shaman

The Salesforce.com model is primarily a pipeline management tool suitable for discrete markets but not process manufacturers. Relex will continue to do well in the retail market but will struggle to be a serious player in manufacturing due to the lack of thought leadership. Will this change the market? I don’t think so.

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Implementation Phases of DSCA Again Extended

Supply Chain Matters

This legislation originally passed in 2013 called for a 10-year window for phased testing and implementation of overall legislation capabilities. Under this new revised plan, the exemption for drug manufacturers and repackagers extends to 27 May 2025.

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Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

The same applies to certain products in your range, some of which will inevitably incur more costs than others in the process of manufacturing or buying, storage, and delivery to customers. By understanding which of your customers are unprofitable, or yield minimal profits, you can take steps to reduce the cost of serving them.

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Exiger Joins UAE’s NextGen FDI Initiative to Enhance Risk and Supply Chain Management Solutions

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger was founded in 2013 with a mission to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. Our technology, designed to illuminate complex supply chains, reveal optimization opportunities and mitigate risks, will empower companies across the UAE to strengthen their position as a global hub for secure and efficient commerce.

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Trump Hits Mexico With 17% Tariff on Tomatoes

Supply Chain Brain

The deal was reworked to raise the price floor in both 2002 and 2008, before a new agreement that separated pricing categories for different types of tomatoes was signed in 2013. border entries for bulk tomatoes.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

Approximately 60 percent of today's unfilled manufacturing jobs are due to a shortage of applicants with sufficient proficiency in science, technology, engineering, and math ( STEM ) skills. IMPO Executive Editor, Anna Wells provides insights into the complicated issue in her article “Why The Manufacturing Skills Gap Is Serious”.