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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

For example, if the supplier has several big name cosmetic industry customers (90% of their business) and you are buying specialty automotive chemicals from them (less than 5% of their business), the supplier will be influenced in the direction of the cosmetic customers and they will get the attention, products and services before you.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. In the outside-in supply chain, the signals are from the buy and sell-side markets back to the enterprise. How easy is it to buy from your company? Bio-engineering?

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Beyond The Data with William Sandoval

The Logistics of Logistics

Before COVID, I was spending time down in Mexico, first off in Laredo and then Nuevo Laredo. My sister lived in Mexico and Brazil for many years and she said, “ They love American football down there.” I’m always surprised we don’t have a pro team down in Mexico City and Toronto. I love every minute of it.

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How Automotive Companies Are Transforming Their Supply Chains, Part 2

BlueYonder

The visibility will include not just the short-term purchase order or ASN-level visibility, but also the tactical kind of forecast collaboration with the suppliers. If the organization is used to doing certain things in Excel, just automating the same process will not be sufficient. Terence: What about in the medium-term?

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Customs Duty De Minimis Thresholds: A Guide for SMEs

Unleashed

This can create excellent selling or promotional opportunities for eCommerce and multichannel sellers, who can advertise deals up to that threshold to allow consumers to take advantage of de minimis benefits. Under this threshold, items purchased overseas can come into the country without incurring any duty or customs charges.

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Aborn Viewpoint on Old Dominion revenue drop

Freight Plus

This, along with many other leading indicators (transportation data, inverted yield curves, lower GDP) still make the possibility of a recession in 2020 a real possibility. They also purchased a bunch of new equipment in early 2019 so their operating costs are a little higher. All excellent points. Russ: Normal.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

“Currently, the biggest challenge for supply chain managers is…” Keeping up with consumers and their buying behaviors. As if this wasn’t enough, transportation costs are rising and forcing companies to constantly adjust and optimize. She is now an Editor at Aggregage for the site Supply Chain Brief.