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This Week in Logistics News (March 30 – April 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

A total solar eclipse will take place at the Moon’s ascending node on Monday, April 8, 2024. And now on to this week’s logistics news. This is a significant acquisition that will change the supply chain software landscape. Supply chain software vendor Descartes Systems Group has acquired OCR Services Inc.,

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

trillion industry by 2024 , consisting of not only food, but also cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, modest fashion, media & creation, and Muslim friendly travel. Muslim (majority) countries in Asia (such as Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia) and several countries in the Middle East are moving to stage 3: the halal supply chain.

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. Supply Chain Insights Training, 2024 The Opportunity Based on my research, I believe there is an opportunity to reduce the number of planning roles by 80-85%.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics.

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Geo-Political Forces Become More Complex for Industry Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters Editorial Commentary we provide readers with highlights, perspectives and likely implications of this week’s announcement by the Biden Administration in imposing increased import tariffs on specific goods. workers and ongoing industrial and supply network policy actions.

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Multi-echelon Inventory Optimization – guide for 2024

ThroughPut

Managing inventory in a supply chain is complex due to issues like downtime, delays, and demand fluctuations. Multi-echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) is an advanced inventory management strategy that optimizes inventory levels across multiple stages or echelons in a supply chain.

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Pfizer Targets Operational Cuts and Added Efficiencies

Supply Chain Matters

billion in new cost cuts which are to be focused on operational and supply chain efficiencies. We observed the rather troubling and concerning developments that occurred in the global-wide spread in 2020 that locked-down populations, institutions and multi-tiered industry supply networks. billion by the end of 2027.