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Grocery Shopping and Inflation, Part One: Impact on Grocers

Enterra Insights

Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported, “The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) CPI increased 1.1 ”[3] He notes, “Grocery prices stagnated from 2015 through 2019, but have increased during the pandemic. ”[1] His prediction proved accurate. In November, the U.S. from the year prior.”

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Logistics Cost Reduction: 6 Focuses to Create More Profit

GlobalTranz

According to the CSCMP's "State of Logistics" Report from 2015, logistics costs now make up over 8% of the GDP. There are Labor Management Software systems that can help manage work in the warehouse. In this first part, I will focus on 6 places that you can apply to your organization to reduce costs and increase profit.

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7 Hospital Inventory Management Techniques to Reduce Costs

AFFLINK

Whether they are cleaning the rooms, ordering the supplies, or checking the purchase orders for accuracy, it is important that hospital staff members all understand what their role is and how it contributes to successful inventory management. Does your current software offer a solution? Adopt a Lean Strategy.

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Supply Chain Movement 20 – Trends & Consulting

Supply Chain Movement

Following on from its other two highly popular subway maps of supply chain software vendors and logistics service providers, the quarterly magazine Supply Chain Movement has now published the third edition of the Consulting Subway Map Europe showing the European supply chain consultancy sector. 39 | Tools & Technology.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 2-6, 2016)

Talking Logistics

According to a press release issued by Brambles (parent company of CHEP ), the purchase price was $115 million, a nice premium over the $45 million Brambles paid for LeanLogistics in March 2008. What will happen to Lean’s managed transportation services offering ?

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Supply Chain Disruption. A Deeper Look Into Context, Causes, and Trends  

Elementum

Some of the most successful firms have hung on for too long with failed philosophies and prioritization models — like Lean, and Just-in-Time provisioning. This expansion occurred at the same time products were becoming more complex and modularized, and also as supply chain management became increasingly software-dependent.

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The 2016 Top 25 Supply Chains – Three Bold Predictions

Kinaxis

Last year, I made the not-so bold predictions, as the Gartner 2015 Top 25 Supply Chain rankings were pretty much unchanged. Apple and P&G were put in a Master’s category in 2015. P&G taught us about the “Three Moments of Truth”: see the product at the store, purchase & use the product, and become a fan of the product.

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