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When The Wheels Fall Off

Supply Chain Shaman

For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. For example, Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) has very little to do with Transportation Planning (TMS). If I do an excellent job at safety stock management, my company will have the right levels of inventory. The problem?

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. _. Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. The technologies enable the evaluation of both volumetric flows and cost.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

BMW to Mazda Imports Slowed as Strike Shuts Baltimore Port ( Bloomberg ). Decaying Bridges, Highways Raise Costs for Truckers, Manufacturers ( Wall Street Journal ). and “What is a transportation provider?” Wal-Mart seeks to tether small stores to big ones ( The Detroit News ). As a result, the answers to “What is a warehouse?”