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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

Note that the industry aggregate actually went backwards, as did operating margin and inventory for the period 2015-2017. The company experienced a 34% growth in global e-commerce in 2017 and is expecting the trend to continue. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. Amazon has made a habit of excelling at logistics to retain end customers and third party sellers.

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Top Trends in Luxury Brands That Will Influence the Future of Your Supply Chain

DynaSys

According to the latest Deloitte global ranking, France continues to lead the luxury brand market with a total of nine luxury groups accounting for 24.3% Sales in mainland China have grown by 18% in 2017 after a two-year crisis that spread doubt in the market (figures reported by Claudia d’Arpizio, partner at Bain).

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. The implementation of a Demand-Driven Materials Requirements Planning (DDMRP) using Orchestr8 followed in 2017. What can often look like compliance in APO could actually be numbers calculated in Excel and posted into the SAP system.

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Nursing Hospital and Healthcare Supply Into a New Age

Logistics Bureau

On the other hand, a number of the larger US healthcare providers have opted to buy or lease their own distribution centres and run their own truck fleets. This provider, along with others in the United States, France, and Italy, has turned to RFID as a solution to the problem of lost linen.