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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

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VF Corporation is Building a Highly Automated DC on the West Coast. In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. Much of the world’s fabric is produced in Asia, for example. VF is having conversations with fabric manufacturers to encourage them to produce more fabric in factories outside of Asia.

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Molex Prizes Agility

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But more than half of their shipments – including a significant portion that begin at factories in Asia – travel across oceans or continents These long-distance shipments go by ocean, air, or rail. Do we then want to fly extra product to the DC? Eberle is the vice president of logistics and distribution operations at Molex.

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The Most Overlooked DC Performance Strategy

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EMEA and Asia Pacific Regions and helping to transform and optimize distribution center operations worldwide. The post The Most Overlooked DC Performance Strategy appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Use it to find ‘better fit’ solutions, a more engaged team, better productivity and employees who come back happy, day after day.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 14 – 20)

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RCEP: Asia’s New Trade Pact. FreshDirect has a reputation for innovative technology deployment, and recently initiated an advanced microfulfillment center automation project with Fabric to support customers in the Washington DC area. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Ahold Delhaize Is Acquiring FreshDirect.

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Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives by Luc Kremers , Vice President – Asia Pacific, BCI Global Reshoring is accelerating as American and European companies want to de-risk their supply chains from geopolitical developments and supply chain disruptions.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 9 – 15)

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The first phase of the partnership with EO will mean that the company will supply over 200 AC fast chargers and five DC rapid chargers across five sites. The issue has been exacerbated by the pandemic’s surge in Southeast Asia, where many key chip and electronics-assembly facilities are based.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2018

Talking Logistics

although some are in Europe, South America, and Asia. Amber Road : eVOLVE 2018 , TBA (2017: May 11-12, Washington, DC). Infor : Inforum 2018 , September 24-27, Washington, DC. eft 5th Annual Asia-Pacific 3PL and Supply Chain Summit , TBA, Singapore (2017: Nov 20-21). Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,