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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

This manufacturer produces plastic reusable material handling containers and plastic fuel tanks. The Company operates eighteen manufacturing facilities, nine distribution centers located throughout North and Central America. Mr. Baker spent over 34 years leading procurement teams at The Dow Chemical Company.

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Why Blockchain Within The Supply Chain Makes Perfect Sense

GlobalTranz

[WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Multiple manufacturers, multiple relationships, multiple distribution models, multiple contracts. Multiple manufacturers, multiple relationships, multiple distribution models, multiple contracts. Download white paper.

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Clouds are Gathering for an Open Platform for Supply Chain

ToolsGroup

We saw this right at the start of the pandemic, when parts being manufactured in Wuhan province disrupted car manufacturers’ production lines around the world. These disconnections can seriously hurt manufacturers and retailers in today’s online, service-driven economy where consumer expectations are defined by the Amazon experience.

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Supply Chain Talent Matters More than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

AGCO Logistics Team Accepts Prestigious Supply Chain Award. AGCO is an agricultural equipment manufacturer. Greg Toornman – vice president global materials, logistics and demand planning at AGCO – told more of this story in a panel at ARC’s Supply Chain Forum. We need people that are adaptable.

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

ToolsGroup

In October 2021, Brian Olsavky, CFO of Amazon, claimed that the company would require 150,000 extra workers to cater to the heightened customer demands during the holiday season. Source: Bloomberg.com. When customers arrive curbside to collect their purchase, they have no intention of waiting. Where Are All the Retail Workers?

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Surviving Disruptions – an opportunity for supply chains to thrive with people and technology – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

“Managing supply chain and logistics has never been more significant and challenging since the outbreak of COVID-19 that created a new norm with high uncertainty and enforced an inevitable shift”. Logistics and supply chain management is a rapidly evolving field. This has proved to be a major source of risk.

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What Exactly Is Supply Chain Management? 10 Different Definitions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out What Exactly Is Reverse Logistics? 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. Source: [link] ). Source: [link] ).