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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Greenwashing is a form of advertising or marketing spin in which green PR and green marketing are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organization’s products, aims and policies are environmentally friendly. Around 30,000 of the available jobs will be in California, Amazon said. the company said Tuesday.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

How will the policy be executed? Today, there is not a well-defined template on how to build and operate a supply chain defined by customer policy and segmentation strategy. Instead, in the SanDisk journey , they adjusted the speed of response to their customer segments, and actively designing inventory postponement strategies.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We can no longer assume that government policy is rational, variability is low or logistics are available. Focus on right-sizing inventories. This reset is not an evolution.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. Focus on right-sizing inventories.

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow. Operational strategies. Buying forward. Conclusion.

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The Science of Sustainable Supply Chains (Guest Post by Dara O’Rourke, UC Berkeley)

SCM Research

Dara O’Rourke is a professor of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, the use of divergent methodologies, data sets, and system boundaries have led to confusion across assessment initiatives. He is the co-founder of GoodGuide , Inc.

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California Consumer Privacy Act is Now in Force

Enterra Insights

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), formally known as AB 375, was passed in 2018 and went into effect on 1 January. The California Attorney General notes, “[The CCPA] creates new consumer rights relating to the access to, deletion of, and sharing of personal information that is collected by businesses. ”[3].