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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

I have to go to the grocery store again today to replenish our inventory (yeah, I don’t shop for groceries online; as the son of a bodegero, I’m old fashioned that way.). The post This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Did I mention they eat a lot?

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. inventory turns. inventory turns. for inventory turns define best-in-class performance? Ask the group what is possible?

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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Baker spent over 34 years leading procurement teams at The Dow Chemical Company. Jonathan Morgan – the Senior Director of S&OP, Demand, and Inventory Planning – explained that for a multibillion-dollar company, Palo Alto has a simple supply chain. The fast-growing company generated over $5.5

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The Green Corridor: Full Circle – The Promise and Struggles of the Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A study by the University of Michigan in 2018 showed how a patty of plant-based Beyond meat compared to a regular US beef patty of meat. Timing when stores need replenishment or when factory production will increase its demand, will likewise have better forecasting software to lower the overall waste in our inventory and retail systems.

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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

At the Supply Chain Global Summit 2018 , Francois discussed the impact of digitalization, Industry 4.0, At the Supply Chain Global Summit 2018 , Francois discussed the impact of digitalization, Industry 4.0, Note that the industry aggregate actually went backwards, as did operating margin and inventory for the period 2015-2017.

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Warehouse Labor Woes Are Worse than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey conducted by the ARC Advisory Group in 2018, when warehouse executives were asked how many applicants that they had received per job in the year 2013, the most common answer was between 6 and 10. By 2018, the year of the survey, this number fell to between 2 and 5 applicants per job. The numbers back her up.

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AI This. Not So Fast.

Supply Chain Shaman

I find in my Supply Chains to Admire research that 96% of companies (when compared to their peer groups) are unable to drive improvement while delivering higher performance year-over-year on a balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The term “AI” is overused.