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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

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including digital control towers fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics, strategic product segmentation, inventory management, operations intelligence and analysis, strategic sourcing, and effective pricing and promotions management.

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Billable Weight Explained: How to Reduce Future Shipping Costs

ShipBob

After realizing this cost model didn’t make sense for lightweight packages that took up cargo space and reduced each shipment’s capacity, they transitioned to billable weight for shipments 16oz or greater. How many days of inventory you have until you are expected to run out (based on SKU velocity). .

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E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network

E2open

AUSTIN, Texas, October 22, 2018 – E2open, the one place in the cloud to run your supply chain, today announced the acquisition of INTTRA, the leading ocean shipping network, software and information provider.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 17 – 23)

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Focal Systems’ solution is integrated with Walmart Canada’s existing inventory systems to automatically detect availability concerns and direct store teams to replenish products. Production at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, has been constrained by the availability of the more-efficient 4680 cells that comprise its new battery architecture.