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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

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Now operating in its fifth station, Flytrex’s three-minute delivery service will be available to approximately 140,000 customers across the United States. 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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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

In early November, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article looking at the top supply chain trends for 2023 and beyond. Inventory Management in a High Inflation Environment ; Clint Reiser. One of my predictions within that article is that inflation will hinder supply chain resiliency efforts. Will it take decades?

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What are the best Supply Chain Strategies for 2021

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At the time, this article is being drafted, COVID-19 Cases have topped 59M, underscoring how much the world has endured in 2020. For example, China and the United States are ranked 1 and 2 respectively for the production of rare earth elements, but this is deceiving as China is producing 5 times the amount of the United States.

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Barcoding and Inventory Management – the Ultimate Guide

Unleashed

In this guide to barcodes in inventory management: In order to apply barcodes to inventory management, it is important to understand the basics of the barcode system. Hence, some companies will find corded barcode scanners to be all they need, where other companies require wireless scanners to support their online inventory management.

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. Now, let’s take consumer products. What can we learn?

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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

Neither of the customers highlighted in this article fall into that category. Myers Industries (NYSE: MYE) is headquartered in Akron, Ohio in the United States. We’re currently running S&OP, demand planning, supply planning and also do some inventory management activities” with Anaplan.

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What You Need To Know About The State Of The Retail Worker Shortage

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Yet according to retail advisory firm IHL , “The most significant challenges to inventory distortion are the availability of workers and the disruptions outside of the immediate control of the retailer.” As per a recent report by CNBC , the labor department in the United States has 5.5