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Chinese New Year Shutdown 2020: How to Prepare

ShipBob

In mainland China (and even in other countries that celebrate the holiday such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei), the Chinese New Year holiday is a very big deal. Get prepared for the year of the rat with the best kind of red envelope, keeping your business in stock of inventory!

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Inventory planning to reduce Chinese New Year disruption

EazyStock

Smart inventory managers plan for Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year) many months before the event. For example, how much extra stock do you order to cover your forecasts? Especially if you’re unsure of the accuracy of your forecasts or some of your stock items have erratic demand. When do you place the orders?

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Inventory Planning to Reduce Chinese New Year Disruption

EazyStock

Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year) might seem like a long way off, but smart inventory managers will be starting to plan for this event very soon. For example, how much extra stock do you order to cover your forecasts? Spend time on producing accurate demand forecasts. Chinese New Year shutdowns. When do you place the orders?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Pizza Hut has already eliminated these plastics – switching to primarily corrugated cardboard – in its India and Brunei markets, and that Pizza Hut New Zealand and Australia are now 95 percent and 90 percent plastic-free, respectively. Employment at U.S.

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

I began the discussion with an overview of the many uncertainties that confront supply chain executives, as well as some preliminary forecasts based on my recent discussions with executives in a variety of industries. ” In February, the GDP forecast for 2017 was 3.4% – and in April, it is 0.5%.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

Brunei Darussalam. This young, publicly listed American software vendor recently bought out Terra Technology, a specialist in demand sensing (short-term forecasting based on point-of-sale data). Such a system enables those companies to fulfil orders flexibly by dispatching the goods from various inventory points (e.g.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

Brunei Darussalam. Poor forecasting leads to rush orders to meet the delivery requirement demands of customers. Finally, the system should enable intelligent inventory location management to ensure optimal on-shelf availability for the end customers. Bangladesh. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde.