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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. 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. ” That’s all for this week.

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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. Account for shipping backlogs With ongoing challenges around shipping assignments, it could be wise to bring orders a little further forward than usual in 2024, just to help mitigate any logistical issues.

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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. With ongoing challenges around shipping assignments, it could be wise to bring orders a little further forward than normal in 2021, just to help mitigate any logistical issues.

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Philippines 2022: Top online marketplaces

Vinculum

It is a Southeast Asian-focused platform that blends payment and logistical support with the integrity of a customer-to-customer (C2C) marketplace. The website has grown its wings to Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Taiwan due to its popularity. FB Marketplace.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

To manage this logistics complexity while adhering to customer service standards and incurring reasonable costs, companies need Global Logistics Integration. Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration. Brunei Darussalam. The main challenge in logistics is an increasing complexity of trade-offs in transport planning.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. Europe has seen plenty of activity in terms of mergers and acquisitions, including the take-over of the major French family-owned company Norbert Dentressangle by America’s XPO Logistics. Brunei Darussalam.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. By consolidating at the source, several shipments can be combined into one, thereby reducing the number of shipments even before the shipments arrive at the Logistics Service Provider (LSP).