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The Role of Chemical Import and Export Companies in Global Supply Chains!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Circular Economy in Chemicals: Collaborative Supply Chain Solutions! You might think it’s magic, but it’s actually the hard work of chemical import and export companies working behind the scenes to keep global supply chains ticking. What Do Chemical Import and Export Companies Do?

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Global Supply Chains in Flux as U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Take Effect

Logistics Viewpoints

Businesses are responding with production shifts, supply chain diversification, inventory stockpiling, and trade route adjustments in efforts to lessen the financial burden and avoid long-term instability. Exploring alternative shipping routes via Gulf Coast ports to bypass land border congestion. and other non-tariffed regions.

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The Supply Chain Merry-Go-Around

Supply Chain Shaman

Unless changes occur, the Company will miss the market for the inflection point for building holistic modeling of ship through (the channel) modeling. To make the point, let’s take a look at Eastman Chemical in Figure 1. I first experienced the implementation of OMP and SAP at Eastman Chemical in 2004. Kinaxis and o9.

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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

Supply Chain Shaman

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Inventories in the chemical industry are at record lows: a forerunner of bad days ahead.

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Segmenting Your Inventory by Gross Margin and Demand Variability

ToolsGroup

Gartner Research analyst Paul Lord has developed a thought-provoking approach (shown in the above diagram) for tailoring supply and inventory tactics to different inventory segments. Traditional ABC inventory models segment inventory into A, B and C categories based on annual consumption value. Lots of margin.

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IMO’s Convention on Ship Recycling Enters into Force

Supply Chain Brain

Developed under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Convention mandates that ships at the end of their operational lives must be recycled in a safe and environmentally sustainable way.

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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory. When we look at table 1, we see burgeoning inventories in some industries and extreme shortages in others. We are not good at inventory management. Inventory Levels Over the Quarters of the Pandemic. Companies struggle to have the right inventories. The end result?