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Bristlecone Flash – February 2019

Bristlecone

It took a mere 18 weeks for Bristlecone to lead a Middle Eastern steel manufacturing client on a transformation journey that took them from manual processes to a powerful new procurement solution. MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR PULSE 2019. Don’t miss your chance to get in on the customer-centric antifragility conversation at Pulse 2019!

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

This past Monday marked the first normal Boston Marathon since 2019, as the 2020 marathon was canceled due to the Covid pandemic, and the 2021 marathon was shifted to October with a smaller field. Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 And what a race it was.

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October Global PMI Reporting-Continued Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

New orders reportedly increased at the quickest pace since February 2019, primarily from domestic demand and the launch of new products. This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam. Causes were noted as weak demand from U.S.

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The Supply Chain’s Vision Problem

Enterra Insights

.” Alex Saric, a procurement expert at Ivalua, observes that poor supply chain visibility exposes companies to unwanted risks. Here, a smart approach to procurement will allow companies to improve supplier visibility, put effective measures in place and identify supply chain risks as they appear. . Footnotes. [1]

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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Do Consumers Care About Ethical Sourcing?

Logistics Viewpoints

But, in 2019, the Trump Administration stopped imports of clothing, gold, diamonds, and other items believed to have been produced with forced labor by companies based in Brazil, China, and Malaysia, as well as some gold mined in eastern Congo and diamonds from a region in Zimbabwe. Convenience certainly became the name of the game.

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The Pullback From China: Will it Be Harder for SMEs?

Logistics Bureau

Other products, such as motherboards and smart-home components, will no longer be produced in China either, as Alphabet plans to move their manufacture to Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia. In 2019, close to 25% of all German companies, including Adidas and Puma, had announced plans to remove operations from the People’s Republic.

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