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Editor’s Choice: Why Supply Chain Design Is Not a “One-and-Done” Exercise

Logistics Viewpoints

A global food and beverage company used to run a handful of models annually across their European operations. The post Editor’s Choice: Why Supply Chain Design Is Not a “One-and-Done” Exercise appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. In leading organizations, such effort is supported by a Center of Excellence (COE).

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The Food and Beverage Industry is in Crisis – How will you Respond?

Logility

When a crisis hits, having the right advanced analytics to react to supply chain disruptions in food and beverage is your best defense. Here are five ways to get you started towards managing supply chain disruptions in food and beverage. People weren’t necessarily eating more food; they were just eating it at home.

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Navigating The River of Demand

Supply Chain Shaman

This large food manufacturer used a popular technology to forecast monthly using orders as an input. The large food company operated regionally. To fill the time in the agenda, I developed the River of Demand exercise. So, I asked for a break and reorganized the room to facilitate my first river of demand exercise.

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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

for toilet paper, pasta, canned food, and disinfectant sprays. this experience has changed how we dress and exercise. We stopped going to the gyms and favored outdoor activities or at-home exercises. While increasing demand for at-home exercise equipment also expedited the expansion of the online wellness industry.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Master’s experience at Simmons Foods illustrates many of the distinct characteristics and challenges related to freight procurement. Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer. They are a leading supplier of poultry, pet food and animal nutrition products based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas in the US.

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Russia’s War in Ukraine Impacts the World

Enterra Insights

2] Whether you view the West’s response to Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine as a fight for democracy or an attempt to secure the global food value chain, it’s clear that most Western leaders understand how critical Ukraine’s agricultural sector is to the rest of the world. Grain, like oil, is fungible.

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What is Supply Chain Resilience?

GlobalTranz

COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented surge in panic buying of food, beverages, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and other essentials. COVID-19 exposed vulnerabilities in food supply chains. Food supplies were hit by plant shutdowns to ensure worker safety before re-opening, on a limited basis in some cases. Overall, U.S.