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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

Resilinc

Two weeks ago, 160 ships were stuck waiting to pass through the canal, carrying everything from auto parts, Barbie dolls, and diabetes test kits, according to Reuters. Some ships were delayed by as much as 21 days. 55 to 125 million gallons per ship, depending on sizeā€”to move ships through the canal.

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8 Inventory Costing Methods That You Might Not Know About

EMERGE App

Inventory costing or valuation is an accounting concept that has a direct impact on your gross profit and thus taxable income. Methods of valuing inventory are simply different cost-flow assumptions about how to allocate your cost of goods available for sale. We’ll start by explaining why inventory costing is important.

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Mission: Maximize Learning on Multichannel Retailing & E-Commerce

Supply Chain Network

How do you optimize a common pool of inventory, store pick up, and scale to compete in the eComm world? Colby Chiles, Director, Transportation, The Home Depot; A roundtable discussion of emerging issues and trends with service providers and retailers. How do you leverage your current supply chain to minimize the cost of free shipping?

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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 ā€“ 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in Chileā€™s Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion. Some 59,000 tons of clothing arrive each year at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

There are Five Symptoms of Outdated Forecasting and Inventory Planning Software: Have you diagnosed your problemā€“ and solutionā€“to improved demand planning? The FDA will be announcing speed imports from Mexico, Chile, Ireland, and the Netherlands. ” We normally might pack an entire truck before we ship it.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

MatĆ­as Guarello Wilhelmy Location: Chile / Remote Rating: 5/5.0 Expertise: Agile Project Management, Lean Implementation in Warehouse, Supply Chain Simulation & Modelling, Warehouse Management Systems, Inventory Management, Business Intelligence (Power BI, Tableau, Google Data Studio), Advanced Excel Skills, warehouse management.

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Market Forecast of Omni-channel And Warehouse Management Systems till 2029

Vinculum

South America assures Colombia, Chile, Argentina, and Nigeria. It takes care of inventory management, warehouse management, picking and packing the stock, shipping, delivering the stuff to the correct address, and satisfying the customer’s needs and choices as per the choice.