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Pet Food Experts Selects HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management

Herlitz Inventory Management

Pet Food Experts Selects HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management to Manage Daily Forecasting and Purchasing Solutions for its 4,500 Retail Partners in 34 States. Pet Food Experts signed with Herlitz Inventory Management to deliver more efficient and more profitable solutions for its forecasting and purchasing process.

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November U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index- Noteworthy Trending

Supply Chain Matters

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that declined to contractionary level and reflecting rather noteworthy trending. What supply chain management and line-of-business teams should take special note of were the stated reasons for November’s significant decline. and Transportation Capacity (+5.2) and Transportation Utilization (-10.7).

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Global Supply Chain Volatility Continues to Moderate But Not Inventory and Warehousing Costs

Supply Chain Matters

Logistics Managers Index. Indicated in the report summary was: “ The sustained growth in the logistics industry continues to be fueled by high levels of inventory and the associated levels of cost and utilization associated with holding them. up from an August reading of 59.7. up from an August reading of 59.7. for September.

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #10 Failure to adequately train your supply chain planning staff

Kinaxis

Reason #5 Not having a supply chain risk management process. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. A bad decision can result in missed orders, significant inventory, or scrapped materials. By doing this, they could potentially save the company millions of dollars in excess inventory.

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U.S. Freight Rates Reach Six Year Low Milestone

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of the March Logistics Manager Index which indicates that U.S. With the Inventory Level index continuing to grow, the sense of the March report is that there was no inventory replenishment cycle in the first quarter, and there may not be one in the second quarter as well.

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U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index Drops to an All Time Low in May

Supply Chain Matters

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. Noted was a late May decline, largely driven by a more pronounced shift in inventories in the second half of May, reflecting a higher rate of expansion in the first half. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2002 with over 100 consultants and based in Boulder, Colorado , Spinnaker SCA designs and builds agile supply chains for leading brands across Consumer Staples, High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail & Apparel, Medical Devices, and Distribution Industries. No financial details were disclosed in the announcement.