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Reduce Costs: Invest In Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

In manufacturing-based companies, 70-80% of costs are in the processes of source, make and deliver. With the flurry of M&A, industry consolidation, outsourcing, and downsizing, the gaps for North American manufacturers are increasing. This is a warning for manufacturing companies. Is talent a cost or an asset? Talent Gaps.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

With a strong manufacturing culture, much of the focus was on lean production systems. The KC teams in Africa, Asia Australia, and Europe are just not equal to that of their peers. for the public training in Philadelphia in August and developing the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. It is clear.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

The company used to be a subsidiary of PSA Group, which is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers. Today, Kintetsu has operations in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. GEFCO Group GEFCO Group is an international industrial logistics company with a large multimodal ground transportation network.