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Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Covid-19’s Ripple Effect Continues + 5 Changes Needed for 2022

ToolsGroup

I’ve worked in the supply chain for 30+ years, working for major retailers including Kmart, Michaels and Five Below, as well as on the 3PL and logistics side with companies including FedEx, where I was Vice President of Global Transportation, and UPS, where I worked as Vice President of Supply Chain Design. Let me bring that to life.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

We answer all these questions and more – including how inventory management software will help you manage your supply chain for your freeport warehouse or factory. In this 2022 guide to freeports: What is a freeport? They will also be offered temporary tax breaks, including reductions to taxes on property and new building purchases.

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FedEx Partners for Visibility, New CEO Focuses on Quality

Intelligent Audit

As calendars flip to another month, it can be hard to believe that the first half of 2022 is already over. On June 22, 2022, FedEx and FourKites announced a joint initiative to develop an end-to-end intelligence platform called FourKites X. FedEx Partners with FourKites to Develop Logistics Intelligence Platform.

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Why Blockchain Within The Supply Chain Makes Perfect Sense

GlobalTranz

Digitization Supply Chain Management, like many other industries in the past decade, has iteratively undergone transformational periods of digitization — shifts to digital processes essential for remaining competitive and profitable in the global marketplace. from the global economy by 2022.

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. As inflation soars, supermarkets look for innovative solutions to lure cash-strapped customers into the aisles.

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Retail Sales and Operations Teams Need to Up Their Game in Inventory Management Agility and Responsiveness

Supply Chain Matters

CEO Doug McMillon indicated at the time that consumers were being impacted by the effects of high inflation and were purchasing more affordable food and groceries, shunning discretionary purchases. That was in addition to supplier production or inland inter-modal transportation delays.

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This Year’s Shifts in Retail Consumer Demand May Not Have Been That Sudden

Supply Chain Matters

Thus, at the height of the prior supplier and global transport disruptions that impacted Asian based and other home goods suppliers, HomeGoods inventory buying orders were constantly late, resulting in little on-shelf or online channel availability when demand levels were high. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved. .