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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. To help, I wrote a few definitions on the board: Demand-Driven Processes.

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Top 5 Logistics Challenges and Solutions for the Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

GlobalTranz works with manufacturing shippers every day to move their goods and streamline their logistics strategies. There have been fluctuations in demand that have made forecasting feel impossible. In an ever-changing landscape, the ability to be flexible and adjust your strategy as needed is what makes a manufacturer successful.

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Green Supply Chain – Moving the Sustainable Needle

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Commitments to aggressive emissions reductions targets by 2030, with net zero by mid-century, are now accepted as base requirements in our pursuit to keep planetary warming within 1.5 Hope is not a strategy. Consumer demand for sustainable goods has grown exponentially in recent years, putting enormous pressure on manufacturers.

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The Benefits of Sustainable Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Paralleling this growth in e-commerce is a growth in carbon emissions – parcel deliveries are estimated to increase by 78% globally by 2030, resulting in up to 30% greater emissions. For companies to achieve reductions in carbon footprints, they should look to sustainable investments in their supply chains for the greatest impact.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

My assigned topic was demand visibility. However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. The order is a poor proxy for market demand.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Use a two-pronged approach that couples new recruitment approaches with technology to provide transparent operational insight. The trucking industry was down 80,000 drivers in 2021, and that shortage is anticipated to balloon to 160,000 by 2030. million by 2030. It’s a global problem. China, which had a worker surplus of 55.2

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Cement Logistics Planning: 3 Top Strategies To Avoid Stockouts With AI

ThroughPut

By United Nations estimates, the world will have 43 megacities with populations exceeding 10 million by the year 2030. To build these megacities, rapid mobilization of building materials across the construction industry will create an exponential demand for high-grade cement. Escalation in Demand .