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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. WRITTEN BY STEFANY MARTIN / POSTED ON JUNE 9, 2022. Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Performance over the Period of March 2020 to July 2022. Supply chain leaders self-assessment of performance during the pandemic period of March 2020-through July 2022. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Why We Cannot Get Inventory Right.

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The Definitive Guide to Cost Savings

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Inventory Adjusting inventory levels can also contribute to cost savings. Is your inventory optimized ? Is it possible to reduce inventory levels without risking the shortage? Optimizing Inventory Stocking levels Businesses with optimal inventory levels minimize the risk of stock obsolescence and reduce storage costs.

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Our 2022 Top 10 Articles Plus One!

Supply Chain Game Changer

“ Make sure you read our 2022 Top 10 articles, along with a bonus article, which are amongst our best ever! Mike Mortson was invited to present at the Supply Chain Intelligence Summit in early 2022. The blockage of the canal caused by a single ship paralyzed Supply Chains everywhere. The Top 8 Supply Chain Superpowers.

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No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

In both cases, there is a clear definition of “winning.” While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. See the pattern?

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What is Lead Time? Definition & How to Shorten It

Unleashed

There are many definitions for lead time in supply chain management. In a survey of 1,000 organisations, 74% of respondents in the US reported delays in shipping and longer lead times during the coronavirus pandemic. It includes everything from the procurement of raw materials to production, inventory management, and shipping.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. Don’t make the mistake that I did and assume that you know the definition and requirements of visibility.