QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It was a relatively simple network that started with the food manufacturer sending products to distribution centers, then on to the grocery stores and specialty shops. The evolution of the value chain has been driven by multiple factors; technology, manufacturers and the consumer. That was the value chain.

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QAD

MARCH 25, 2021

It was a relatively simple network that started with the food manufacturer sending products to distribution centers, then on to the grocery stores and specialty shops. The evolution of the value chain has been driven by multiple factors; technology, manufacturers and the consumer. That was the value chain.

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Beverage Food Manufacturing Procurement Material Savings 98

Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2022

Europe agrees to cut natural-gas consumption as Russia crimps supplies. The new centers are part of growing push among retailers including Walmart to make e-commerce more profitable as shoppers spend online and expect purchases to get to their doors within a day or even hours. Winsupply to partner with Drone Express.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Orders are typically placed by different factions within a single facility, and fulfilled by multiple manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors. Centralisation then, is all about taking procurement and logistics out of the hands of medical professionals and placing it under its own governance structure. Some Scanning Success Stories.

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