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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #8: Keeping supply chain information in silos (and preventing your users from making the best decisions)

Kinaxis

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. In today’s competitive manufacturing environment, the only metrics that count are how a change impacts the company’s goals. by John Westerveld.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

million-square-foot warehouse in Connecticut Flexport announced the acquisition of Shopify Logistics’ assets, including Deliverr. The 11-person startup connects manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, helping each stakeholder share product, pricing, and inventory information. That’s all for this week.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. Connecticut. Business Email *. Job Title *. Company Name *. Business Address 1 *. California.

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Podcast: VC Brian Aoaeh on the Future of Supply Chain Investment

Requis

Advanced manufacturing that enables us to create the things we need most frequently much closer to home, possibly 3D printing. It will also change the way we think about inventory management and could save on costs if it turns out there is simply no demand for what you’ve made.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

With the new partnership, retailers will fulfill orders from inventory in their stores, and a Flex delivery driver will pick them up from the retailer. Samsung has two big factories in China while SK Hynix Inc is buying Intel Corp’s NAND flash memory chips manufacturing business in China. That’s all for this week.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Deere & Company (brand name John Deere) is famed for the manufacture and supply of machinery used in agriculture, construction, and forestry, as well as diesel engines and lawn care equipment. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer chips, Intel needs little introduction. Deere & Company.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Revenue: $16.392 billion (12 months ending March 31, 2020), $16.648 billion (2019) Headquarters: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA CEO: Bradley S. The company used to be a subsidiary of PSA Group, which is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers. GEFCO was founded in 1939 as the logistics subsidiary of PSA Group.