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5 Things You May Have Missed in Supply Chain News

BlueYonder

Add onto that the worker shortages in warehouses and trucking, and we are in for a wild ride this holiday season. What’s going on in Vietnam? Before July, COVID-19 wasn’t widespread in Vietnam, but since then, over 10,000 cases have been identified. Demand from U.S. Say it ain’t so — now there’s a coffee shortage?

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Nestle Incorporates Warehouse Logistics to Improve Coffee Supply Chain

RFgen

Recognizing a need to improve the efficiency of its global supply chain, Nestle recently announced that it is building a new storage and shipment facility in Vietnam. Along with this move, the multinational corporation is also using warehouse logistics as a way to make its supply chain more effective and cost-efficient.

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Nestle Incorporates Warehouse Logistics to Improve Coffee Supply Chain

RFgen

Recognizing a need to improve the efficiency of its global supply chain, Nestle recently announced that it is building a new storage and shipment facility in Vietnam. Along with this move, the multinational corporation is also using warehouse logistics as a way to make its supply chain more effective and cost-efficient.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. For the first time in many months, report authors identified export order demands originating countries as being Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Indonesia and the United States.

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Supply Chain Professional Do’s and Don’ts during the Pandemic!

Supply Chain Game Changer

It’s not only physical commodities that are in need, it could also be transportation, distribution, or even warehousing related space or activities to move vital supplies and equipment around. Consider other possible regional opportunities for the future (such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc.),

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The difference between supply chain and logistics explained

Unleashed

The life of coffee begins with growers in the likes of Brazil or Vietnam. In between those stages you have warehouses, distributors and shipping providers, who look after the movement and storage of the beans at each phase of their existence. One of the most commonly referred to warehousing metrics. Inventory turnover.

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The supply chain crisis and US ports: ‘Disruption on top of disruption’

Ware2Go

Crucially, it also won commitments from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union to add shifts and move toward a 24/7 work schedule at its operations in southern California. As well as packed warehouses, “you’ve got a lack of truck drivers and the trains are running at full capacity,” he says.