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5 Top Takeaways from MODEX 2024

Locus Robotics

March 14, 2024 5 Top Takeaways from MODEX 2024 Mary Hart , Senior Content Marketing Manager The booths are down, the Georgia World Congress Center floors are quiet (until the next tradeshow), and the LocusBots are on their way home along with their human colleagues, but the energy and memories of MODEX 2024 remain high.

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Best Supply Chain Management Software for Mac 2024

SCMDOJO

For those who use a Mac as their trusted companion in 2024, the hunt ends here. Hence, regardless of your specific aim, this article will shed light on the top software you need. We ensure that the solutions recommended are well-suited for your Mac in 2024. It integrates with tracking software from major shipping companies.

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I published an article on outside-in planning. The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. Focus on improving operating margin, inventory turns, and revenue/employee simultaneously. in inventory value.

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From Globalization to Glocalization

Enterra Insights

In one of those early articles, I wrote, “Globalization integrates trade by disintegrating production chains and dispersing them across economies. Businesses must weigh the costs of shipping, customs, tariffs, and taxes when expanding internationally. .” Some people, including me, prefer the term “regionalization.”

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. If ERP system input includes lead time, why is there such bloat and a problem with inventory restatements? Focus on right-sizing inventories.

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Megatrends Reshaping Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

So instead of giving a speech on this, I am repurposing this content into an article. Companies are beginning to explore on-demand manufacturing rather than traditional manufacturing models, meaning they can keep less physical inventory on-hand. But even in 2024, these trucks will not be running across all lanes nationwide.

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IoT Benefits for Supply Chain Operations

Enterra Insights

Inventory Management. Inventory embedded with the proper sensors can be tracked in real-time via the IoT. Supply chain journalist Catherine Metcalf explains, “Businesses can now place IoT sensors with a variety of components to help manage inventory more efficiently. Now, the cobot brings everything to the picker.”