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Turn Off the Fog Machine: Move Past Groupthink to Drive A Positive, Data-Driven Narrative

Supply Chain Shaman

” In this type of presentation, I struggle to sit in my chair. I prefer a grounded, data-driven presentation focused on improving value. The organization remains heavily focused on logistics, driven by the influence of consultants and technologists in the transportation sector. Do we have the right narrative?

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Is Your Supply Chain Recession Proof? A Guide for Building a Resilient Supply Chain

SCMDOJO

Higher Costs and Lower Profits: While recession may incur low demand, operational costs such as energy and transportation can remain high or fluctuate unpredictably. Double-Edged Sword of Inventory Management: Declining demand presents a significant dilemma for inventory management. An excellent example of optimizing inventory is Zara.

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Custom Logistics Software: Building Smarter Supply Chains

SCMDOJO

Companies like FedEx and DHL spend significant resources developing proprietary systems to stay ahead in operational excellence. Initial Costs The initial cost of developing custom software surpasses the price of buying pre-existing solutions. When Should a Business Consider Going Custom?

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Shipping to Walmart: Best Practices for CPG Brands

Zipline Logistics

If you recently scored a purchased order (PO) from Walmart, congratulations! The fuel surcharge is based on the cost of fuel to transport the goods. “If you are a Walmart supplier relying on Walmart to arrange transportation, it’s time to get in touch,” said Zipline Logistics President and Co-Founder, Andrew Lynch.

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Outsourcing transport and warehousing: How to be Successful

Logistics Bureau

Peters and Waterman in their best, sellerIn Search for Excellence identify one of the eight factors of organisational success as sticking to the knitting. Many enterprises have taken heed and determined that inbound and outbound transport and warehousing are consequential processes of their business rather than fundamental or core processes.

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Best Supply Chain Management Software For Enterprises in 2025

ThroughPut

The platform at present provides a unified network to 85,000+ brands, suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, logistics providers, and banks for supply chain orchestration from source to delivery. The tool provides enhanced visibility across the chain uniting different touch points like transportation, labor, automation, and distribution.

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Trends in Logistics Technology, according to Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

As an example, Gartner cites the 94% of supply chain logistics leaders that either currently have a supply chain management transportation system or plan to deploy one in the next one or two years. ( link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! God bless america from its present distraction.