The State of Supply Chain in 2019
Repl Group
JULY 24, 2019
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Keeping It Local: How Shorter Supply Chains Impact Supply Chain Planning
ToolsGroup
JULY 24, 2019
After decades of longer and more global supply chains, some are becoming shorter and more localized. This trend has important implications to supply chain planning. But first let’s take a look at the factors driving this change. . Contracting Supply Chains. . A recent special report by The Economist says that while most people assume that shrinking supply chains are caused by political factors such as tariffs, in fact there are deeper long-term trends at play.
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Certainly, Maybe: Dealing with Supply Chain Uncertainty
Talking Logistics
JULY 24, 2019
We are more than halfway through 2019 and there’s one thing I’m certain about: the weeks and months ahead will be filled with uncertainty. That’s always the case, I know, especially when it comes to supply chain and logistics, where the uncertainty dial is always turned up to 11. Here’s a sampling of the uncertainty. The post Certainly, Maybe: Dealing with Supply Chain Uncertainty appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.
How Do You Create the Right Inventory Balance?
Arkieva
JULY 24, 2019
Striking the balance between overstocking and understocking should not always be a guessing game. How Do You Create the Right Inventory Balance? was first posted on July 24, 2019 at 11:36 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement.
2024 Annual T&L M&A Report
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US Truck Driver Shortage Is On Course to Double in a Decade
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JULY 24, 2019
“At some point, you go from being an operational pain-in-the-neck for the supply chain to real issues for all of us as consumers,” said Bob Costell of the American Trucking Associations.
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