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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow. Firms could store products that attract tariffs in bonded warehouses until they are required. Operational strategies. Buying forward.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

On 10 November 2021 at COP26, 19 countries – including Australia, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA) – joined the first framework to establish zero emission maritime routes. He is the co-editor of the first book of Maritime Informatics recently published by Springer.

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Transport and Transportation: Do They Mean the Same Thing?

Logistics Bureau

By the way, that’s the name used in America and Australia; in Europe, it’s referred to as “trunking”. Mostly it relates to consumer home delivery, with the last mile being the trip from a warehouse, distribution centre, or even retail-store stockroom to the consumer’s front door. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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The Supply Chain Workforce – Where is It?

Logistics Bureau

Shortly before I first published this article, Mark Powell, the CEO of the Warehouse NZ was presenting at Supply Chain School (now Supply Chain Leaders Academy)—and he comes from a Supply Chain background. Here we are In 2017 and little has changed, despite efforts to promote the supply chain and logistics sector to the female gender.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

2) According to a 2012 report into corporate insolvencies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 44% of businesses in Australia failed because of poor strategic management. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in November 2017 under the title “7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success.”

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The 7 Principles of Warehouse and Distribution Centre Design

Logistics Bureau

Warehouse and distribution centre (DC) design is a fascinating and absorbing topic, but alas, is often misunderstood. Regrettably, few people fully understand the discipline of warehouse design and because of this, literally thousands of facilities are underperforming. Determine the Objective of the Facility.

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Cost To Serve – A Smarter Way to Improved Supply Chain Profitability

Logistics Bureau

For categories of costs that are more complicated to manage, purpose-built network modeling applications make it easier to allocate costs and to calculate CTS for different customer/product combinations from transportation, production and warehousing cost data. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in August 2015.