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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. Supply chain management is increasingly making an impact on the overall functioning of the business and influencing C-suite decisions.

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A River Runs Through It…

Supply Chain Shaman

These gyrations put artificial dams and diversions into the demand flows creating the Bullwhip Effect. The translation of demand across reorder points and order policies distorts the demand signal across the parties. Learn to navigate the river of demand. Client Example of Demand Management Across Time Horizons.

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A Guide to Supply Chain Management: Making Intuition More Valuable

Arkieva

These planning and scheduling decisions occur across a complex playing field organized by decision tier (strategic, tactical, operational, and relevant time response) and organization (corporate planning, factory, marketing, purchasing, etc.). Demand Management. Inventory Modeling and Policy.

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How to Prep Your Store for Peak Shipping Season + What to Expect

ShipBob

During this time, supply chain efficiencies can get disrupted as online brands try to keep up with demand, managing inventory and fulfilling a high volume of orders, while shipping carriers become busier than usual, working hard to deliver packages on time. Establish a returns management process. Christmas (December 25).

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A reflection on supply chain digitization trends in the metal industry

o9 Solutions

There is not a single day without the metals industry making the headlines: from targeted cyberattacks to price volatility to the semiconductor crisis impacting the automotive industry and consequently swinging supply and demand for metal manufacturers. leading demand indicators like manufacturing index and GDP growth).

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Supply Chain Congratulations in Order!

Logility

This year’s 2012 Sailing to New Heights with Logility Award was presented to KGP Logistics, one of the country's largest single-source value-added suppliers of supply chain services, communications equipment and integrated solutions to the telecommunications industry.