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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries will increase from around 340 GWh today to over 3500 GWh by 2030. In a recent report, IEA indicated that global battery and mineral supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We can no longer assume that government policy is rational, variability is low or logistics are available. These core assumptions are no longer true. This reset is not an evolution.

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

On our budget then, this felt like a fortune and fueled my interest in energy policy. Similarly, UPS has strong commitments to sustainability and invests in many options, such as alternative fuel vehicles, e-cycles in dense cities, and carbon offsets for purchase with shipping. But what about the role of planning?

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on channel data: price; inventory positions; and policies. It is about much, much more than Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI ) or Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment. (The Order Policy. The use of customer segmentation to determine priority in matching inventory with orders during the order cycle.

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How Sustainable Supply Chain Management Improves Ecommerce Stores

ShipBob

Packages are then shipped to their destination via ground, air, or sea. A sustainable supply chain refers to the effort(s) made in planning and executing policies, processes, materials, and technologies across all logistics operations that are geared towards making a more positive impact environmentally, socially, and economically. .

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A River Runs Through It…

Supply Chain Shaman

This includes: new product launch forecasting, seasonal inventory targets, demand affinities, push-based inventory strategies, demand shaping activities (price, promotion, run-out strategies, sales incentives, trade incentives), and turn-based volume. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Supply Chain 2030.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Yum Brands – parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill – recently announced a new packaging policy prioritizing more sustainable options. In a blog post, Yum noted it is transitioning away from plastics and developing new packaging solutions as part of that policy. And now on to this week’s logistics news.