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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics strategy as an enabler of new business models. They promoted logistics to the level of core process and enabler of new business models and now view a thought-through logistics strategy as an opportunity to stand out by offering a better service level to their customers, such as same-day delivery. Automation as key for growth.

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GrandVision: “We are changing completely as we become demand driven”

Supply Chain Movement

In the last three years we’ve developed our strategy, centralised procurement, purchasing and manufacturing aligned our portfolios across all categories globally and developed our exclusive brands portfolio. And we are still on a journey with many more opportunities,” the Vice President Supply Chain says. It is a very significant change.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Continue to Stabilize in March and Q1-2023

Supply Chain Matters

Further concerning was that the volume of warehouse finished goods inventories rose to the greatest extent in four months. The PMI values reflective of Germany and Austria both reached 34-month lows in March while both led in the expansion of post-production inventories. New export orders also fell.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

India again led all other regions, while Germany and Austria remain at highest levels of PMI contractionary levels. After a long spell of reducing inventories in order to cut costs, factories are now increasingly rebuilding warehouse stock levels, driving up demand for inputs and pushing production higher at a pace not seen since early 2022.”

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. And this is where Maersk’s acquisition strategy really starts to rear its head.

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The History and State of Vehicle Routing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Do you have a Freight Management Strategy or are you Spinning your Wheels? The movement of goods between manufacturers, distribution centres, warehouses, retailers and consumers is happening at unprecedented levels. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Sufficiently “Primed”? What We Can Learn from Amazon Prime Day

FLEXE

Happy Belly bottled water (Japan), and Soda Stream (Germany and Austria). A key strategy behind Prime Day is to boost its subscription numbers. Boost its Q4 strategy. By generating demand in the off season, Amazon can assess and refine its logistics strategy and operations prior to Q4 demand. More than 3.5