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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

The initiative involves placing RFID tags on packages and wearable devices on employees to eliminate manual scans, reduce misloads, and accelerate parcel throughput in the delivery giant’s warehouses. Last year’s negotiations took place as dozens of container ships were backed up off the coast of California waiting to unload cargo.

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

It means being able to see where a shipment or an order is while it’s in transit — whether on a truck, a railcar, an ocean liner or a cargo plane — anywhere in the world. According to McKinsey, an auto manufacturer, on average, has around 250 tier-one suppliers – and 18,000 across the full value chain.

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How to Become DFARS Compliant and Avoid Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

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These counterfeits featured markings normally found on legitimate parts from “approximately 35 major electronics manufacturers, including Motorola, Xilinx, and National Semiconductor.” According to the Department of Justice, he conspired with suppliers in China and Hong Kong to sell over 12,000 counterfeit ICs for millions of dollars.

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Beyond Asset Tracking: RFID For An Accelerated Supply Chain

The Logistics of Logistics

To highlight the scale of the issue in the retail sector without a suite of statistical decision and visibility tools offered with RFID, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) suggests average losses incurred through inefficient supply chains stand at: • Out-of-stocks = 4% loss of sales (approximately $17.5 Loss to manufacturers = $7.5

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). Manufacturing systems and regulatory compliance are considered to be very complex, coupled with the limited number suppliers due to the high barriers to entry. BMW uses a 12-year planning horizon and divides it into an annual period.

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Top 10 supply chain trends for 2020

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Another example from fulfillment might involve things like faster alternate transportation route planning in case of the unexpected, or monitoring cargo temperature for shipments of perishable food or medicines. If they sold off just 5% per year, that would create 9.45% in free cash, not including the savings on warehousing costs.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11-15, 2019)

Talking Logistics

million in 2018, according to court filings […] Employee costs for NEMF’s workforce — more than half of which is represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers — is also ‘substantially above industry norms,’ according to court papers.”. Billion Deal for Ceva Logistics (WSJ – sub.