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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

In China, for example, more than 40% of the company’s business through eCommerce. The Company;s senses consumer preferences to change and align their portfolio to deliver personalized products for purchase anytime and anywhere. Anticipating the shifts in demand, the company’s focus is increasingly digital.

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REPOST: 3 Emerging Supply Chain Trends with Steve Elwell

The Logistics of Logistics

Areas of focus include new market entry, new product development, sales effectiveness, partnerships and alliances, operational excellence, and financial management. Trend #1: China represent a higher supply chain risk. An older, more expensive population means China is not a low-cost country for business. About iDev Partners.

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Getting Down to Brass Tacks: Can We Really Collaborate?

Supply Chain Shaman

Consumers want to shop anywhere, and buy in the way that they want to buy. As the bricks and mortar retailer is attacked by eCommerce pure plays—Amazon in North America, Alibaba in China, and Flipcart in India—assortment and excitement in the store become paramount to lure customers. Why Is It More Important Now?

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. The planners would then drive all replenishment planning (for make, move or buy) directly in Orchestr8.The

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. The China COVID disruption impact is ongoing creating container and chassis imbalances.

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How Disruptive is Global E-Commerce? More Than You Think

Talking Logistics

Let me tell you how international e-commerce is changing one buying pattern and why it will reshape global logistics operations and government import regulations. The customs authority was studying the flow of goods out of the country and noticed the sharp rise in returned goods to China. At a low level, the answer is no one would.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

There is not a one-to-one relationship between a container and a purchase order. As a result, a purchase order can cover multiple containers; and a container can carry multiple purchase orders. The average purchase order changes 3-4X before shipment. Logistics costs in China are 16.6% Why I Am Worried. The reason?