Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. At a high level, what GEON does is purchase plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. GEON is owned by SK Capital.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

Refractories are products that have been chemically engineered to resist high temperatures. They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. The sourcing centers shipped over 130,000,000 pounds of product last year.

Optimal Sourcing 157

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

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.

Waste Reduction 274

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

The Normalcy Index calculated weekly by the Economist projects that North America is 67% of the way back to normalcy from COVID, but globally, it is lower at 50% with many flare-ups. A journey from China to Europe that takes 40 days by ship takes 15 days by rail. However, with the war, this is no longer an option. Please follow.

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