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What Exactly Is Supply Chain Management? 10 Different Definitions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out What Exactly Is Reverse Logistics? Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more. Subscribe Here! Email Address. The Evolution of Supply Chain!

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Report Points to Increase of Shippers Outsourcing Transportation Management Due to These 4 Core Benefits

GlobalTranz

Consider the many shippers who have outsourced transportation management and other logistics functions to third-party logistics (3PL) providers the past few years. Let Cerasis guide you with a freight invoice analysis or a transportation management assessment and consultation. Don’t know where to start?

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The Baby Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Reverse logistics in action. plastics, wood) result in an endless array of toy and book products. Product design, market research, supplier selection, product testing and qualification, supply and demand planning, distribution, logistics, transportation, and reverse logistics are all Supply Chain functions.

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Top Logistics & Supply Chain Blogs We Followed in 2018 & Suggest You Follow in 2019

Shipchain

Cerasis is another leader in the world of supply chain and logistics. The Cerasis blog posts a steady stream of blogs, whitepapers, e-books and infographics, all written by Adam Robinson. Logistics Viewpoints. Talking Logistics. Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez is another great blog that rounds out our list.

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Post-COVID Ecommerce is Booming, But Logistics Issues Abound

Logistics Bureau

With general, buffer, and safety inventory levels cut to the quick, the sudden shutdown of Chinese manufacturing, followed by a chaotic meltdown of shipping container management and slashed air freight capacity, left many with horrific stock shortages. Managing Reverse Logistics. What if You Want to Minimise Returns?

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Supply Chain And Logistics Trends That Could Be Big In 2020

Logistics Bureau

The circular supply chain also integrates the reverse logistics process, taking products returned from customers and reinserting them into the forward flow at appropriate points. The Digital-First Logistics Effect. In short, the supply chain is no longer linear, but circular. The Challenges of SME Internationalisation.

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The Year Ahead: CTL Research Goals Highlight Top Supply Chain Challenges

MIT Supply Chain

Chris Caplice, Executive Director, MIT CTL, Founder & Co-Director, MIT FreightLab Develop and pilot a more dynamic truckload transportation procurement and management process. Better understand how disruptions impact the freight transportation market and how they can be minimized.