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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

Meanwhile, countries in Southeast Asia, such as Vietnam and Cambodia, are enjoying growth as offshore manufacturing centres. Through collaboration with your procurement partner, you can reduce inventory levels and then potentially downsize your warehouse capacity needs.

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

EMERGE App

Finally, whether you’re purchasing products locally or from overseas, be sure to use an order, purchase and inventory management system that’s written from the ground up to support international and domestic trade. Granted, you’re not going to book the next flight to meet one supplier. Watch Your Geography.

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

Finally, Jason commented on insights from his latest book “ Jobs for Robots “, that suggest that higher level human jobs will never be fully replaced by robots, but that mundane and low cost jobs very well could be. Education is the best medicine against having your job “robofied!

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

I’ve literally seen KPI “packs” the size of phone books, and even KPI sets circulated as a monthly magazine… that no one reads. Inventory stock turns in Days. If you’d like to read more about Supply Chain KPIs, you can download (free) a chapter from one of our Best Selling Books on the topic. Inventory management.

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