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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

Equally, it could become a white elephant project with little impact on European freight transport times or costs. This is my biggest concern about the “One Belt One Road” initiative. What gets constructed and where it is to be constructed may be driven by what is preferred by the Fund.

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Amazon’s Decision to Up Holiday Season Worker Needs- The Why

Supply Chain Matters

As a means of comparison, the National Retail Federation reported in January that last year’s retail sales during the November to December holiday period grew 5.3 On the fulfillment network side, as part of the prescribed high level reviews of all businesses, an analysis was made of the company’s operational and freight cost factors.

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Shoveling Snow with a Dustpan (Takeaways from BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

I encouraged the audience to ask themselves that question and provided them with this comparison of companies of yesterday versus companies of tomorrow. We’re not just a supply chain execution or supply chain management software company,” said Braun, “we’re a Global Trade Network.”.

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Design for Supply Chain Now, or Pay the Price Later

Elementum

Take a more proactive approach to supply chain management with Design for Supply Chain. Traditional DfSC best practices include: minimized premium freight, expected product updates, pool demand, minimized carrying costs, optimized order management, and minimized warranty cost.

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5 Top Transportation Management Trends to Expect in 2018

GlobalTranz

In addition, the continued rise of freight trucking rates, as explained by James Jaillet of Overdrive Online , will demand newer, faster and more efficient transportation management systems (TMS). The Freight & Transportation Management Trends to Know in 2018.