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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

In the past five years, companies have 5-10X the number of AGVs in their warehouses, but 40-60% more planners in corporate. We have successfully reduced warehouse labor, but planning is more labor intensive today, and less effective. The supply chain has two important buffers–inventory and capacity. Performance Declines.

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. Our Rating: 4.9/5 Our Rating: 4.9/5

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7 Incredible Benefits of Cloud-Based Logistics Management

GlobalTranz

More findings on the cloud cargo transportation and warehouse management systems you may discover on the web. The cloud-based supply chain software can be customized to suit your industry, your transportation , freight-forwarding and warehousing specialty, import-export regulations. Helen works and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

The partnership is focused on the middle mile, which is the transport of goods within the supply chain most often from a warehouse to a fulfillment center or a warehouse to a retailer. Next week, I will be releasing my annual holiday logistics guide , as I have done for 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , and 2014.

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Clorox Successfully Implements a Program for Value Chain Segmentation

Supply Chain Shaman

Clorox was a Supply Chains to Admire Winner in 2016 and in the top-tier of performance within the peer group for 2017/2018.). In our research we find that over the course of the last decade (2006-2017), we find that each vertical industry has a well-defined pattern of performance. We spoke of this during the strategy day.

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Trends 2022: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

billion in 2017 plummeted to $5,200 billion in 2020. … 3PL companies that provide warehouses in multiple locations will be more in demand as that would result in efficient last-mile logistics. ” Micro Warehouses and Last Mile Logistics. Moving warehouses closer to consumers is a growing trend. ” Storage.