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The Case for Real-Time Perpetual Inventory Signals in Manufacturing

ToolsGroup

Once upon a time, the world of manufacturing was a relatively stable place. So how does a manufacturer navigate this rollercoaster? This is especially prevalent in organizations that have experienced growth through mergers and acquisitions and now need to reconcile multiple ERP, WMS, shipping, and transportation systems.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

It is the largest container port in the state of Florida and ninth in the United States. As if the situation wasn’t bad enough, Hanjin, the huge shipping company, was already in bankruptcy as of early September and putting a delay in the arrival of goods well before the hurricane. The human links of the supply chain were stressed.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. And with that, I bid you adieu, and let’s move on to this week’s logistics news.

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5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

As product flows rapidly shifted and hard baked assumptions about lead times and sourcing locations were put to test, users across many organizations bypassed their planning systems and turned to excel sheets, internal data science teams or non-traditional supply chain vendors who could deliver AI based solutions at a faster turn.

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Limestone Extraction from Florida Quarries!

Supply Chain Game Changer

This article will cover everything you need to know about limestone extraction from Florida quarries, including its history, uses, the extraction process, and more! The Increase in the Use of Limestone in Florida. In fact, Florida is the third-largest producer of limestone in the United States. Popular Quarries in Florida.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

The purpose of data aggregation is, on one hand, to minimize the number of records you’ll be working with and, on the other hand, to reflect critical business patterns: order prioritization, customer segmentation, sourcing logic. However, this model would aggregate the details of the ten thousand SKUs that are stocked and shipped.

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Supply chain impact before, during, and after Hurricane Irma

Kinaxis

The image below is an aerial photo taken and released by the showing the damage Hurricane Irma wrought on a shipping yard in the Dutch Caribbean island of St. What’s the financial hit on using more expensive alternate materials, suppliers and shipping routes? You could think of all these questions as “after thoughts.”