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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. The CNBC article states, “ As delivery times and consumer demand rose this year, retailers responded by ordering inventory earlier than usual.

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Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World Feature Article by J eroen Hendriks , Director at Art of Supply Chain Sdn Bhd The global business landscape has become increasingly complex and volatile, posing significant challenges to supply chain management.

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Mass Customisation: What It Is and How Companies Are Using It

Unleashed

But it’s not without its challenges, and it doesn’t work for every manufacturer, which we’ll get to later in this article. Automated inventory management platforms then help manufacturers organise and monitor their new, modular product ranges. You must be able to forecast demand as accurately as possible.

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Supply Chain Agenda of Hildur Gylfadóttir, Supply Chain Manager at Össur

Supply Chain Movement

While R&D remains in Iceland it has operational centers in the Americas, Europe, Asia and it employs around 2,300 people across 18 locations. Hildur Gylfadóttir is Supply Chain Manager, Logistics, based in Iceland with the task of improving efficiencies and helping to drive the successful commercialisation of innovations. “I

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. Often, backup inventory and garden-variety expediting measures can ensure that the supply chain maintains continuity. a few days, for example?—?is

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How To Make Your Ecommerce Eco-Friendly

ShipBob

If you are looking to change the impact your ecommerce business has on the planet, this article covers: What green ecommerce is and why it’s important. Distribute your inventory to reduce shipping distance when possible. Last-mile delivery growth will increase carbon emissions by 30% by 2030. What does “green ecommerce” mean?

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Inventory stock turns in Days. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Inventory management. Inventory levels. At the beginning of this article, I stressed the importance of not having too many KPIs. DIF – Delivery in Full. DOT – Delivery on Time. Warehousing.

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