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Yards Are Hard

Logistics Viewpoints

The solutions, as with so many supply chain industry inefficiencies, lie in digital transformation, process reengineering and collective action — of all the links in the chain, yards are one of the least digitized. Create a facilities “Center of Excellence.” But these are not intractable problems. Top-down process standardization.

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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. The reinvention of planning is needed, but it is hard to unwind the industry. I have been an industry analyst for two decades. Source E2open Shipping Index). Less Collaborative.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. Impact of Demand Sensing on Inventory Levels. The Demand-Driven Journey Begins.

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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. The reinvention of planning is needed, but it is hard to unwind the industry. I have been an industry analyst for two decades. Source E2open Shipping Index). Less Collaborative.

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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

but when demand slowed, the pressure to reduce inventory becomes a lot higher. Looking at the share of total weekly sailings being blanked on the Asia-North America West Coast trade, blank sailings clearly improved during 2023 and dropped below 10% in June with a slight uptick in early July.,

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“Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste” – Key Insights from the Automotive Logistics

BlueYonder

Short-term visibility at the Purchase Order/ASN level is insufficient. Breaking Down Barriers Between Planning, Procurement and Logistics: The existence of isolated supply chains between procurement, planning, and logistics can lead to latency, reduced responsiveness, expedited processes, excess inventory, and substantial inefficiencies.

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. But refractories are used in a wide variety of industries, particularly manufacturing industries with high temperature or corrosive production processes.