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The Costly Oversight: Why Your Inventory Rebalancing Strategy Is Failing You

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This oversight can lead to hidden costs that not only erode your profits but also jeopardize your customer loyalty. The Hidden Costs of Inaction The Financial Drain of Stockouts: If you think stockouts are merely an inconvenience, think again. Is that really the cost of doing business you’re willing to accept?

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The Three Pillars of Sustainability in Supply Chain and Logistics: A Strategic Guide

Logistics Viewpoints

For senior leaders, understanding and integrating the three pillars of sustainability—environmental, social, and economic—into supply chain strategies is essential. Reducing carbon emissions is a cornerstone of this effort. Meanwhile, advances in AI-driven route optimization reduce unnecessary mileage, cutting emissions and costs.

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Navigating the Supply Chain Wars: Strategies for Wholesale Distribution Success

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In todays volatile global landscape, wholesale distributors and aftermarket companies face an uphill battle to maintain service levels, manage costs, and ensure competitiveness. Lets explore these challenges and strategies to overcome them.

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October 14th- 18th Supply Chain & Logistics News

Logistics Viewpoints

Successive governments have determined that applying zero duty on wine is the best strategy to help winemakers keep producing and selling. It may seem like a small detail, but wine has multiple component costs that affect the total price—such as production, land, labor, and oak barrels. Do You Think Fedex Ships Live Pandas?

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Smarter Networks for Customer Fulfillment

Speaker: Hannah Testani, COO, Intelligent Audit

You've probably noticed that shipping costs are going up. It's 2019, and consumers are expecting shipping to be cheap and quick, but that can turn into a real headache from the shipper's side of the equation if you don't make the appropriate changes. But what changes do you even need to make? The real ROI of accessible data.

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Global Supply Chains in Flux as U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Take Effect

Logistics Viewpoints

The 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 20% tariffs on Chinese goods are expected to increase production costs, disrupt logistics networks, and force companies to rethink supply chains. Vehicle production costs in the U.S. production at its South Carolina plant to reduce reliance on North American imports.

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Amazon and the Shift to AI-Driven Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

They integrate AI into demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and logistics operations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. When unexpected disruptions occura factory shutdown, a shipping delay, or a supply shortagethese models provide little flexibility.