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The Annual State of U.S. Logistics Report – Added Candidness and Need for More Synchronization

Supply Chain Matters

As inventory-to-sales ratios dropped to near record lows, inter-modal logistics networks were forced to try to manage and synchronize essentially just-in-time material movements which were out of sync in many important dimensions. Rising Costs of Warehousing. Warehouse vacancy rates reportedly fell from 5.1

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A Brief History of B2B Data Sharing – and What’s In Store

NC State SCRC

Over the decades, EDI standards emerged that cover a variety of supply chain artifacts and activities , from Purchase Orders & Acknowledgements (EDI 850 & 855) to Invoices (EDI 810) to Shipping Manifests (EDI 856). Finding toilet paper resembled a Hunger Games quest.

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Three Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons You Can Learn from the Suez Canal Block

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Not only did all those ships have significantly delayed cargo, but the disruption created a backlog of cargo that continues to be felt today at ports, warehouses, shipyards, retail locations, and ultimately, by customers. Adding a week to the delivery timeframe for perishables can kill the entire supply chain.

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What is the Biggest Blind Spot in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

As reported in the Wall Street Journal last week: “Automotive value chains are international. An interruption in delivery of parts from a partner in Europe can therefore also have implications in China,” said [Markus Duesmann, BMW board member in charge of purchasing and supplier network]. At 9:05am today, an earthquake of magnitude 7.0

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Supply Chain Management:Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « Oil operators and Oil services firms - time to dissolve internal walls | Main | Enabling individual item picking in tomorrows warehouses » Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the Future of Retail Industry. The initial U.S.

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Supply Chain Management:Order Fulfillment From The Dark Stores

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Some of the reasons why an increasing number of consumers buy groceries online are convenience of shopping and / or Home delivery of purchased items. Growing interest by consumers to buy grocery online; has made retailers to launch internet based grocery selling channel. Several retailers employed mega warehouse model.

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Scheduling 'Order Release Process' Intelligently - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « Fulfillment Options - Recent Trends | Main | The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments » Scheduling Order Release Process Intelligently.