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This Could Be Scary: A Halloween Candy Shortage

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When you boil it down, a product’s shelf life is very short and if you don’t sell it, that inventory will be discounted shrinking already razor thin margins. 1] Mehr Bedi, “ Hershey warns of Halloween candy shortage ,” Reuters, 28 July 2022. [2] The cost of over forecasting is severe. ”[6]. Footnotes. [1]

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The Internet of Things in the Supply Chain

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… Traditionally, inventory counts [have been] a complex exercise done manually about once a year but RFID technology enables retailers to monitor stock monthly bringing accuracy from 60% to over 90%.” 2] Staff, “ IOT Supply Chain Tools (Internet of Things) ,” ModusLink Blog, 9 March 2022. [3]

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What You Need To Know About The State Of The Retail Worker Shortage

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Yet according to retail advisory firm IHL , “The most significant challenges to inventory distortion are the availability of workers and the disruptions outside of the immediate control of the retailer.” in 2022, with Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire calling the shortage the country’s “second biggest emergency.”.

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CAPS Conference: The Economist Projects What’s in Store for the Global Economy

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The conflict in the Ukraine is expected to continue throughout 2022, and will likely be a contracted conflict that will continue for perhaps five years or more. The EU economies will also be hit, especially Germany and Eastern Europe as we go into winter in 2022. The forecast is that the EU GDP growth will be reduced by 1.3

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Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part Two

Enterra Insights

One solution often considered is having more inventory on hand, or developing dual supply chains that can deliver the same goods via two routes, in case one becomes impeded. and Europe, along with many companies, are pursuing a de-risk rather decouple strategy. Calmer heads have since prevailed and the U.S.

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

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Thomson Reuters purchased the global trade compliance vendor Integration Point in 2018. In April of 2022, British American Tobacco, headquartered in the UK, agreed to pay $508 million in fines for selling their products to North Korea. The Finance Department Tariffs are a form of taxes. This adversely affects a company’s cash flow.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain tech April 14 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Venti was founded in 2018 by a team with strong MIT roots, including Chief Executive Officer Dr. Heidi Wyle, Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Xinxin Du, and MIT electrical engineering and computer science professors Daniela Rus, Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and MacArthur Fellow, and Saman Amarasinghe.