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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

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As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions. HOW DID WE GET HERE?

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

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Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! This underscores the importance of China being the world’s manufacturing hub in the past decade, and most likely for the next few decades. Introduction. Products are the lifeline of your business.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

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Subnational governments like Québec in Canada and Telengana in India as well as manufacturers and fleets like DHL, Heineken and Scania are endorsing the MOU and declared that they will align with the decarbonization effort. He is the co-editor of the first book of Maritime Informatics recently published by Springer. Amazon, A.P.

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Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! - SupplyChainOpz

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Lots and lots of articles point to the fact that its from the French word " Logistique " which first appeared in the book " The Art of War " in 1838 by Baron Henri de Jomini who was the general in French army during Napoleons time. The story began in January 1810 on the " Scots Magazine, and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany for January 1810".

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Towards Successful Digital Transformation – Separating the hype from reality

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Faster and accurate digitised information will also reduce decision-making time, improve efficiencies of business management, build better suppliers and manufacturers networks, create streamlined sales and delivery processes. Source: Schumacher et al. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – August 2021.

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What is Inventory? Examples, Types, Techniques

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Different types of inventory are accounted for differently in a company’s books. Common examples of retail inventory include: Clothing Consumer electronics Groceries Sports equipment Books and magazines Manufacturing inventory Manufacturing businesses typically deal with more inventory than wholesalers or retailers.

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Are Ocean Freight Prices Absolutely Broken?

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From February to May ocean carriers blanked a record number of sailings on China-US lanes – first as China’s manufacturing was closed and then as COVID-19 impacted the US economy. More home purchases and home offices meant new home furnishings. before any interested shippers are deterred from booking.