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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2002 with over 100 consultants and based in Boulder, Colorado , Spinnaker SCA designs and builds agile supply chains for leading brands across Consumer Staples, High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail & Apparel, Medical Devices, and Distribution Industries.

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Are You Prepared for a Climate-Change Charged Hurricane Season?

Enterra Insights

”[5] Rice reports, “Meteorologists from Colorado State University, among the nation’s top hurricane forecasters, predicted nine hurricanes would form this year.” Businesses need to inventory the risks, as well as materials and products, in their supply chains in order to plan for and, in theory, mitigate those risks.

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The 2021 Hurricane Season Will Impact Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

The warning came as Colorado State University released a forecast predicting an above-average hurricane season this year.”[2] Businesses need to inventory the risks, as well as materials and products, in their supply chains in order to plan for and, in theory, mitigate those risks. ” Journalists Jen A. For how long?

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8 Inventory Costing Methods That You Might Not Know About

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Inventory costing or valuation is an accounting concept that has a direct impact on your gross profit and thus taxable income. Methods of valuing inventory are simply different cost-flow assumptions about how to allocate your cost of goods available for sale. We’ll start by explaining why inventory costing is important.

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The Battle for Air Cargo Space

BlueYonder

A new Chain Store Age article, Study: In-store mobile projects could generate huge sales growth , cites new data from Stratix and IHL Group that in-store mobile initiatives are projected to increase retail sales growth by 146 percent in 2018. The impact of IoT on the supply chain.

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The Battle for Air Cargo Space

BlueYonder

A new Chain Store Age article, Study: In-store mobile projects could generate huge sales growth , cites new data from Stratix and IHL Group that in-store mobile initiatives are projected to increase retail sales growth by 146 percent in 2018. The impact of IoT on the supply chain.

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How to Minimize the Impact of a Minimum Wage Increase in Your Supply Chain

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Take for example, voters in Maine, Colorado and Arizona, who approved a ballot measure to incrementally increase their state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020 , according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. By 2018, New York will raise minimum wages to $15, and others will follow suit.