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How China’s zero-Covid policy is affecting global supply chains

Proxima

However, this couldn’t be more different for China, as the country continues to pursue a strict zero-Covid policy through lockdowns, spanning across some of the country’s key port cities. The post How China’s zero-Covid policy is affecting global supply chains appeared first on Proxima.

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

The TTPI rates countries based on five main categories: driver labor market and training, procurement practices and market structure, transportation cost structure (variable vs. fixed), innovation in trucking practices, and public policy toward developing national transportation systems. including owner-operators.

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Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth

ToolsGroup

” Yet, managing merchandise returns with a policy that prioritizes customer satisfaction does benefit your company in the long run–particularly when you consider the impact returns have on the purchase decision of both existing and new customers. 84% of buyers read the return policy before making an online purchase.

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Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition

Supply Chain Shaman

Is a comparison of COV of channel demand versus orders sufficient? Or a similar comparison of customer orders or planned orders? Push the FVA and Bullwhip factors pre and post-testing into a network design model to understand the impact on customer service, inventory policy, and margin. And how do we measure it? (Is

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Value Chain Planning and Decision Making in Times of Disruption (Part 1)

DELMIA Quintiq

Dashboard with scenario comparison and KPIs for decision making in S&OP. At the same time, the analysis can take a long time due to the disaggregation of information in different spreadsheets or systems. This process becomes difficult–if not impossible leading to decisions based on “rule of thumb.” See figure 2.

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KraftHeinz Procurement Bends to 3G Capital’s Policies: How’s it Working Out for You?

NC State SCRC

In its earnings release , Kraft Heinz said it received a subpoena last October related to its “accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls related to its procurement function, including, but not limited to, agreements, side agreements, and changes or modifications to its agreements with its vendors.”.

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Have You Given Your Planner Love Today?

Supply Chain Shaman

Note the comparison to the larger population. 2) The Story of Policy, Strategy, and Modeling. The supply chain combines policy, strategy and models. Ask data modelers using supply chain strategy tools to validate policy and refine the outcomes. For every action there is an opposite reaction. 1) Market-Driven Processes.