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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

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How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Of course, what happens in the U.S. study , 40% of consumers have purchased from retailers based outside the U.S., Or will any rate increases, if they actually occur, be short-lived?

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

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companies that move manufacturing operations overseas? If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response? Of course, what happens in the U.S. Will he impose tariffs on imports from U.S.