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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

Inventory Management in a High Inflation Environment ; Clint Reiser. Instead, they are likely to carry higher levels of inventory as a lower cost alternative to minimizing disruptions. Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices ; Polly-Mitchell Guthrie ( Kinaxis ). Or can we get there in the next few years?

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The Trucking Industry In The COVID-19 Era

Shipchain

Additionally, as per Ian Duncan from the Washington Post , the lack of traffic has been instrumental in allowing truckers to deliver their shipments as quickly as possible. Switching from paper to electronic documentation for pickups and deliveries can not only save time but potentially, lives.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Well-documented ~ Your contingency plan is of little value unless all relevant stakeholders are trained on it and prepared to jump into action when a disruption does occur. This inventory glut crowded warehouses, eventually forcing companies to cut back on their new orders to clear out their backed-up storage facilities.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Well-documented ~ Your contingency plan is of little value unless all relevant stakeholders are trained on it and prepared to jump into action when a disruption does occur. This inventory glut crowded warehouses, eventually forcing companies to cut back on their new orders to clear out their backed-up storage facilities.

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Creating a Greener Warehouse Through Automated Data Collection

RFgen

Inventory operations are also redefined with eco-friendly goals in mind. Automated data collection from daily processes indicates how many steps are taken to pick goods, how long inventory is stored on shelves before it is distributed and how heavy equipment is put to use. They draw customer attention to such efforts as well.

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Creating a Greener Warehouse Through Automated Data Collection

RFgen

Inventory operations are also redefined with eco-friendly goals in mind. Automated data collection from daily processes indicates how many steps are taken to pick goods, how long inventory is stored on shelves before it is distributed and how heavy equipment is put to use. They draw customer attention to such efforts as well.

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Seeing Supply Chain Visibility through Different Lenses

Bristlecone

In order to quote a lead time, the customer representative had to follow a long, drawn-out process of calling the tile distributor in the state of Washington and leaving a message – only to finally get back to me the next day to tell me that the shipment might be available around next week. Recently, in a conversation with a leading U.S.