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Four Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Inventory Planning and Sustainability

ToolsGroup

I think it’s time we started spreading the good news: when you harness demand and inventory planning to slash unnecessary expenses and improve service to customers, you also reduce waste and support sustainability. Having the right inventory in the right location brings a variety of waste-reduction benefits.

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Real Estate: A Massive Working Capital Opportunity in Organizational Supply Chains

Supply Chain View from the Field

There is clear surplus of real estate globally, but somehow we “cannot afford to deal with it” Most organizations have been on a pattern of over-investment in facilities over many years. In my new role I started to look at our very expensive corporate office (located in a major city).

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20 Cash Flow Management Strategies For Your Business

Unleashed

In these tricky times, smart cash flow management strategies are essential to bring down costs (or push profits) in controllable areas, offsetting international instability. This is achieved through the implementation and continued improvement of cash flow management strategies. To improve cash flow, process optimisation is necessary.

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

Output stalls as price increases reduce demand and it becomes more expensive to borrow money. This could indicate manufactures are expecting to reduce production and are, therefore, ordering fewer raw materials. Peloton cut 3000 employees. And, yes, reduce workforce, outsource functions, and control costs.

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How Building Product Manufacturers Can Bounce Back in 2021

USC Consulting Group

For instance, while a number of economists anticipated real estate would likely be hard-hit, the combination of solid economic fundamentals as well as record-low interest rates have kept the industry humming. In addition to lumber being more expensive to purchase, it’s also harder to come by. Keep crew safe and well.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

Technavio, Last Mile Delivery Market in North America by Service and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025, Jan 2021. As the majority of customers want fast and free shipping, companies are finding it difficult to plan the most expensive and time-consuming part of the delivery process. dollars by 2021.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

The new approach would enable global maritime cargo carriers to reduce greenhouse gases enough to meet the IMO’s 2050 50 percent reduction and zero-carbon emissions goals. As more sales move online, some wholesale retailers are taking steps to reduce the amount of inventory they own and are moving back to a drop shipping model.