Exercises Inventory Logistics North America 
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 26, 2023
Mr. Beery began by visiting Procter & Gamble, UPS Logistics, the devices division at Microsoft, and other companies with advanced supply chains. The second goal was to work with a fourth party logistics (4PL) partner that had invested in cutting-edge transportation management and visibility solutions.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
There is now a robust and growing market for real time transportation visibility solutions, which help shippers, carriers and the entire ecosystem run more cost-effective and efficient logistics operations. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility.
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Operations and Supply Chain Management
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price.
Supply Chain Matters
AUGUST 15, 2022
In a reported effort to cut additional costs and increase needed cash flows, the provider announced intentions to cut upwards of 800 jobs within its North America support teams and eliminate its company operated warehouses. Inventory Glut of Bicycles. This is obviously inventory and working capital not available for use or sale.
BlueYonder
JANUARY 3, 2023
Luciano Sieber, Vice President of End-to-End Supply Chain for North America at Colgate-Palmolive, sums up the need to recognize and master volatility: “Resilience has a clear definition at Colgate: thriving in a world of uncertainty.” We have to consider the logistics carriers and the networks, brokers and internal distribution.
DELMIA Quintiq
MARCH 18, 2016
As one of its many programs, it initiated the “2015 Going the Distance Challenge” here in North America. We exercised, we had fun, we supported each other. We focus on reducing miles driven, making a delivery in hours instead of days, minimizing inventories, or increasing the utilization of our workforce.
Logistics Bureau
APRIL 3, 2023
To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing. For example, US-based companies may be quite fortunate if they have access to manufacturers right on their doorstep in Mexico, a country with far lower labour costs than the rest of North America.
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