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2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Relative Stability and a Migration to the Mean

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And Logistics Viewpoints has a history of its own supply chain predictions for the year ahead. This volatility has increased public and corporate attention and appreciation for supply chain and logistics. The post 2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Relative Stability and a Migration to the Mean appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Editor’s Choice: Aluminum Can Shortage Defines a New Normal for Food Packaging

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This article is from Chetan Chaudhari at GEP and examines the ongoing aluminum can shortage. This shortage is the culmination of various ongoing issues – geopolitical tensions related to the Russia-Ukraine war, the rapid shift in consumer buying behavior and container freight availability. To read the full article, click HERE.

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A Radical New Way to Think About Supply Chain Management

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SCCN suppliers like Emerge, GEP, and Coupa provide good network visibility to procurement; solutions from FourKites and project44 provide visibility to shipments; and solutions from Interos or Eversteam Analytics provide visibility to new risks in almost real time. Meanwhile, waste is rampant in the freight industry.

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Procurement and supply chain executives are struggling in the current environment of high inflation and missed deliveries.

NC State SCRC

A new study that the SCRC published with GEP examines the increasing pressure that supply chain executives are getting when it comes to responding to supply chain disruptions. The report was published in the last month, and reflects some of the increasing challenges and disparities that exist between procurement and supply chain executives.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. freight railroads have reported strong profits in recent years, helped by higher prices and steady business in transporting everything from automobiles to fertilizer. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. The largest U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. That assessment comes as a result of 10 months of subdued demand, inventory de-stocking, and high interest rates, the New Jersey-based company said in its “The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index.” The drones used heat-seeking camera to track the dirt bikes as they fled from the area.