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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF Corporation (VFC) is a global apparel, footwear and accessories company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. VF had committed itself to largely selling goods to consumers in the same region they are manufactured in. BOMs are critical for sourcing and manufacturing. COVID adversely affected many multinationals.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

So, wish me luck in securing authentic University Blue Jordan IVs. The responsibility for container safety is shared across the supply chain, with solutions for safer container transport including proper packing, stowage, and securing of containers, and reporting of correct weight. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Hurricane Season Brings New Risks to Pandemic-stressed Supply Chain Chains

Enterra Insights

Forecasters from the Climate Prediction Center … said that there’s an approximately equal chance of La Niña and ‘ENSO-neutral’ conditions for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season (August-October), according to Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach. Generally, however, technology can help.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Dale Rogers, a business professor at Arizona State, gave a presentation with his son Zachary Rogers, a business professor at Colorado State, during which they said that winter-holiday returns in the United States are now worth more than $300 billion a year. “So Workers sorted units by model and year of manufacture.

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Featuring Our Top 16 Human Resources Articles!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Certainly there are those who needed to still work in physical facilities such as manufacturing and warehousing. Nothing is certain and long gone are the days of assuming long term job security. I spent time in Colorado and developed a passion for mountain climbing. Work from Home in a Coronavirus World!

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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

The raw data flows to Walgreens’ Centralized Security Operations Center. When Cisco saw news of wildfires in Colorado in 2012, it wasn’t concerned, because it had no manufacturing or suppliers in the area. Some companies have developed internal monitoring systems that track the status of assets over extremely wide areas.

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CPG Companies Support Regenerative Agriculture

Enterra Insights

Many of the farming practices used in varying forms of agriculture have had a significant impact on the sustainability of food systems, food security, animal wellbeing, environmental health, and human health. Support from CPG Manufacturers. ” Nestlé is another large CPG manufacturer interested in regenerative agriculture.

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