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Editor’s Choice: It’s time for traditional inventory management to evolve!

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from Zheyuan Du at Kinaxis and discusses unconventional solutions to excess inventory challenges. According to recent statistical data, vacancy rates for industrial real estate across North America have been declining since 2020 and reached an all-time low in the third quarter of 2022.

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Top Warehouses in North America 2013

The Logistics of Logistics

The top warehouses in North America were recently profiled in a great article by the fine folks at Modern Material Handling. In lean consulting, you would often find excess inventory, rework, over processing and other wasteful practices inside a warehouse. Top Warehouses in North America. Times have changed!

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Will Trucking Challenges Transform JITS in North America?

QAD

In this article, we will take a closer look at these industry challenges and discuss the current and potential impacts on JITS. JITS is the acronym for “just-in-time-sequence,” a common supply chain practice in the automotive industry that eliminates or significantly reduces the need to maintain parts inventory at the assembly plant.

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Editor’s Choice: Fortifying Warehouse and Distribution Centers Against Cyberattacks

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from Patrick Byers, DevOps Engineer at Lucas Systems, and looks at fortifying warehouse and distribution centers against cybersecurity attacks. A 2020 cyberattack at TFI International, one of the largest trucking and logistics companies in North America, forced them to resort to manually sorting.

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2023 Mid-Year Check-In: Current Status of Supply Chains and What’s Next?

Logistics Viewpoints

In February 2023 I wrote the article What Does 2023 Have In-Store for Global Supply Chains? This post was subsequently followed by two articles that discussed some of the findings from the survey. This post was subsequently followed by two articles that discussed some of the findings from the survey.

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Demystifying MRO Inventory Optimization

Synovos

Demystifying MRO Inventory Optimization The goal of MRO inventory optimization is to utilize the products and materials held on or across sites as effectively as possible. Ensuring that you have what you need available when required helps eliminate excess stock and reduce inventory carrying costs. How do you achieve this?

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Editor’s Choice: Aluminum Can Shortage Defines a New Normal for Food Packaging

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from Chetan Chaudhari at GEP and examines the ongoing aluminum can shortage. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. To read the full article, click HERE. About 73% of the aluminum cans in the US come from recycled scrap.

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