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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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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. The sourcing centers are key to just-in-time, same-day, next-day deliveries. The sourcing centers shipped over 130,000,000 pounds of product last year. The implementation journey began in mid-2017.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

When the appropriate tools are in place for managing uncertainty and ensuring accessibility, institutions have excellent chances to continually generate productivity improvements, increase customer satisfaction and improve financial performance. Established in 2017, the company is on track to hit $1MM in revenue in their third year.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

There are currently mines in Europe, Australia, Africa and North America at the feasibility study stage (the final stage of pre-production, that determines whether to develop a mine), with some –– such as the Nolans Bore mine in Australia –– set to be operational within the next three years. Illegal mining and opaque value chains.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Strategies include sourcing more items directly from manufacturers to improve margins, SKU rationalization and space reduction, “show more carry less” and assisted-store ordering. In 2016, the company increased its EBIT in the Americas by 40%, with continued growth.

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Insights from the C-Suite: Supply Chain People Are Making a Difference in the World

Material Handling & Logistics

Whereas APICS itself once was focused largely on production and inventory control, since its acquisition of the Supply Chain Council in 2014 the organization has reestablished itself with a focus on helping its members achieve supply chain excellence. MH&L sat down with Eshkenazi at the recent APICS 2017 conference in San Antonio, TX. .

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Passenger Trains vs. Freight Trains

Freightera

That’s why we’ve found a good source of information on that topic in particular in case you’re more interested in that aspect. With that being said, the passenger side of rail transportation in North America is lacking. . The Operational Differences. And that’s no surprise. by airplane? .