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

Logistics Viewpoints

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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Amazon Prime Now – The Cost of Expediting the Last Mile

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In Q1 2015 there were reports saying that Amazon had opened Prime Now warehouses in Austin and New York City.   One big advantage of online sales versus brick & mortar is that inventory can be pooled. In contrast, without inventory pooling the total safety stock is. Average Inventory (from 10-K report).

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Tesla’s Disappointing Q3-2023 Financial Performance- The Bloom is Off the Rose

Supply Chain Matters

The industry’s news cycle has pointed to increasing inventories of unsold EV ’s at dealer lots. Musk himself had previously stated that the newest Austin and Berlin facilities were money pits for cash burn and for day to day challenges.

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Outdated Supply Chains Can’t Meet Consumers’ “Need-It-Now” Mentality

FLEXE

Inventory was sent in scheduled, bulk shipments and the destination was a shelf, not a doorstep. From new data sources for planning to forward-stocked inventory to better issue resolution, adapting your last-mile supply chain to be customer-centric requires that you: Anticipate demand: know your customer and her expectations.

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Tesla Reports Q3 Financial Performance With an Acknowledgement

Supply Chain Matters

The narrative was that raw material cost inflation indeed impacted the bottom line, along with some delays in the ramping up of the two newer factories, one being Austin, Texas and the other Berlin Germany. Profitability also did not meet expectations.

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Halal Cluster Network: Connecting regional halal clusters

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management. This is often due to lack of key information – product location, available-to-promise inventory or a realistic customer delivery date. Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree.

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Tesla’s Q1-2023 Financial Performance- More Signs of an Audacious Business Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

Of the four existing volume production sites, Fremont California , Austin Texas , Shanghai, China and Berlin, Germany , Austin and Berlin are not currently optimized for available capacity at the present time. Hence, there is some upside capacity to take advantage of.