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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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What is Supply Chain Resilience?

GlobalTranz

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. 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.

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Sourcing Offices: a shift of paradigm

KEPLER Consulting

Over last decade, sourcing offices became a major piece within globalized footprint of western retailers. After a first era of development and opportunity catch up particularly positive and characterized by consistent purchasing gains , most of these Sourcing Offices are now searching for their second breath.

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The Local Food Movement is right around the corner

ITradeNetwork

Ask yourself, when shopping for fresh food, do you seek out and buy from local suppliers? – Or is your shopping exercise simply about filling your cart and checking off the items on your shopping list? Local food is often perceived to come from trusted suppliers, travels less food miles and pumps dollars back into the local economy.

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How Big Food and Beverage Could Revolutionize the Natural Movement

Elementum

The fast food giant uses around two billion eggs each year, prompting many to ask the same question: are there enough cage-free eggs to make that many Egg McMuffins? Since McDonald’s isn’t the only food provider opting for cage-free eggs, there’s a risk of undersupply. But what they want is natural food for the same price.

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6 challenges facing medical device manufacturers and how ERP analytics can provide a cure

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other governmental entities necessitates continuous reporting on product traceability and adherence to exacting standards. Manufacturers can exercise better control over the return and exchange of items bought from suppliers, ensuring smooth operations.

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The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Pre-Procurement Before commencing on a Procurement Exercise, it’s important to collaborate with internal stakeholders, including procurement teams, logistics departments, and related teams, to ensure alignment on objectives, requirements, and budgets. Obtain the necessary signatures to finalize the contract.