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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. We started the conversation with sourcing. Focus on Cost.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. We started the conversation with sourcing. Focus on Cost.

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The Hidden Costs of Ghost Inventory: What You Need to Know

ShipBob

Ultimately, it results in struggles with business spending, purchasing, and productivity. Software glitches When your tracking software doesn’t scan the inventory accurately or input it correctly into the schema it can result in the wrong inventory count. This leaves customers feeling disgruntled. What is ghost inventory?

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

Read on to learn how you can make your supply chain function with less cost, greater efficiency, and improved customer service —or perhaps all three—by handing off some relevant activities to an external contractor. Without further ado, then, let’s move on so I can fulfil the promise above.

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The Benefits of IoT And Real Time Actionable Data

Gravity Supply Chain

customer service. Gravity Supply Chain Solutions is a digitized cloud based provider of supply chain solutions that enables customers to visualize and execute on real time data insights in an easy to use intuitive, suite of modular apps. Our products support industry needs, spanning areas such as: Sourcing.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Chris Darbyshire, VP Operations at Softchoice!

Supply Chain Game Changer

After graduation I went to work full-time at Celestica as a buyer / planner in our memory solutions group. Over my career I have established supply chains for global leaders like EMC, Cisco, HP and others in China, Europe, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Mexico and across North America.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

The last mile delivery market size in North America is expected to grow by USD 59.81 Technavio, Last Mile Delivery Market in North America by Service and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025, Jan 2021. Global Last Mile Delivery Software Market was valued at USD 5.38 Optimized reverse logistics