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This Week in Logistics News (July 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Fall to Lowest Since 2010 (WSJ – sub. Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7

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4 Global Supply chain management strategies to avoid bottlenecks in operations

ThroughPut

Take the Netherlands, for example. This is why supply chain managers are always stressing over demand forecasts — something that tops the list of most critical inventory and warehouse management practices. In the current political climate, U.S. In 2017, the U.S. had a trade surplus of $24.5 goods is more complex than it used to be.

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‘Supply Chain Opportunities in China’ – 24 juni 2015

Supply Chain Movement

What service levels can be realistically expected and how to manage reliability in such a fragment road freight market? Freight forwarding specifics to China. Is the trade imbalance between China and Europe going to keep freight costs towards Asia low for the foreseeable future? Rietdijk, SVP Global Sourcing – Vestas.

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Transportation Network Planning: Public and Private Common Ground

Supply Chain View from the Field

A very interesting presentation was made by the Jennifer Murray on freight planning in Wisconsin. The application of GPS data in modeling truck vehicle routing and forecasting was also demonstrated in a presentation by Arun Kuppam of Cambridge Systems.

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

Take the Netherlands, for example. This is why supply chain managers are always stressing over demand forecasts — something that tops the list of most critical inventory management practices. In the current political climate, U.S. companies should be looking to partner with more stable countries where tariff changes aren’t expected.

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

Take the Netherlands, for example. This is why supply chain managers are always stressing over demand forecasts — something that tops the list of most critical inventory management practices. In the current political climate, U.S. companies should be looking to partner with more stable countries where tariff changes aren’t expected.

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Why Data Sharing is Limited in a Competitive Environment

Supply Chain Trend

This is a commentary on the article To Share or Not to Share: The Future of Collaborative Forecasting , Foresight 2022, Q4, by Pierre Pinson, Editor in Chief of The International Journal of Forecasting. COLLABORATIVE PLANNING, FORECASTING, AND REPLENISHMENT. Asymmetry of Data Ownership. CONCLUSION.