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6 Supply Chain Trends to Watch in 2019

AB&R

We covered hot topics in 2018 such as RFID container verification , employee mustering , and RFID in the data center. Plus, thanks to our great employees, we were named as one of the Top Companies to Work for in Arizona for the fourth year in a row. As of December 2018, there were 23.14 April/May 2018. [2]

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Chain Store Age ). Chain Store Age ).

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Supply Chain Management in a VUCA World

Enterra Insights

Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2] To make that point, Mortson lists ten different definitions for the term from various sources.

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Supply Chain Predictions for 2018: Real-Time, Innovation, Cognitive, Blockchain, Industry-Academic Partnerships, and Taking a Stand!

NC State SCRC

Here are a few of the big stories that I wrote about this past year that I believe define some of the big shifts in the supply chain ecosystem we witnessed in 2017, and the predictions for 2018. Supplier driven innovation was also a major theme at the Procurement Leaders meeting in Miami this spring.

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Q3 2020 Freight Rates and Logistics Market Update

Zipline Logistics

percent at the Arizona-Mexico border in the same period, to $2.62 The Rise in Retail Sales Buoys Logistics Market . Those two sources of spending will continue through July. While we saw progress in the retail sector, the same conditions have not been present in the manufacturing space. Rates rose 10.1 percent in Week 20.”

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