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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Those shipments can move directly to customers or move to several regional distribution centers (DCs) that serve as forward inventory locations and consolidation hubs servicing customers and channel partners. In one major case in 2017, the Hanjin Shipping company was declared bankrupt by South Korean courts.

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To DC Or Not To DC? That is the Warehousing Design Question!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In the first quarter of 2017 Amazon’s Fulfillment Cost was 19.8% The cost of adding a Distribution Centre in terms of capital expenditure, operating costs, inventory breakage, systems, and organizational support can be extensive. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2017. The post To DC Or Not To DC?

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Who's Really Running Your Retail Operation?

C3 Solutions

Let's take a look at the absolutely fundamental importance of the software systems that underpin DC operations: Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). With the concurrent innovation in computing technology, inventory tracking systems were created that could generate automated reports. Learn more about it now! 5 Min Read.

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To DC Or Not To DC? That is the Warehouse Design Question!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In the first quarter of 2017 Amazon’s Fulfillment Cost was 19.8% The cost of adding a Distribution Centre in terms of capital expenditure, operating costs, inventory breakage, systems, and organizational support can be extensive. The post To DC Or Not To DC? So how do you compete against that Supply Chain machine?

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. Now, let’s take consumer products. What can we learn?

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Supply Chain & Warehousing Trends For Year 2017

CormSquare

Buzz-word technologies like “cloud” and “mobile” have dominated top Supply Chain trend lists from organizations like Gartner, Forbes and DC Velocity for 5 years. This info will help build ultra-lean fulfilment organizations with optimized inventory levels at each point of their supply chain. Today, those trends are a reality.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of June 1, 2018

Supply Chain Digest

DC Workers Increasingly Expensive, Salaries for Procurement Professionals Make Big Jump in 2017, Best Buy Makes Bet in More Inventory, Chinese 3PL Giant Making Huge Logistics Investments

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