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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Looking at the share of total weekly sailings being blanked on the Asia-North America West Coast trade, blank sailings clearly improved during 2023 and dropped below 10% in June with a slight uptick in early July., Companies still need to allocate working capital to build safety stocks considering the unreliable transit time.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

For example, if the supplier has several big name cosmetic industry customers (90% of their business) and you are buying specialty automotive chemicals from them (less than 5% of their business), the supplier will be influenced in the direction of the cosmetic customers and they will get the attention, products and services before you.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

When the appropriate tools are in place for managing uncertainty and ensuring accessibility, institutions have excellent chances to continually generate productivity improvements, increase customer satisfaction and improve financial performance. Rebecca White @pranabrush Rebecca White works with Prana Brush.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Moen’s global multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) initiative allows the company to right-size its inventory, enhance service levels and optimize product placement across its network. TJX @tjmaxx TJX Companies made it to the 2018 Supply Chains to Admire list by Lora Cecere in Supply Chain Insights.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

Christoph Seitz is the Co-Owner of CFR Rinkens , a global leader in the shipping of commercial cargo, specializing in the containerized shipping of motor vehicles. The use of big data and data analytics in the logistics landscape provides excellent opportunities to make informed data-driven purchase decisions. Christoph Seitz.