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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

Unleashed

Protecting profit margins from ALC inflation ALC (Average Landed Cost) is a crucial metric in demand forecasting and inventory valuation. The main contributing factor to that was the cost of freight. We’ve got two clients who brew beer: one local, and one across the border in South Africa.

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Technology Scores a Goal but Humans Still Control the Game

CH Robinson Transportfolio

For example, during the second-round game between England and Germany in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, a shot from an English player hit the German crossbar, bounced down, and as replays showed, cleared the line by a wide margin. How about soccer balls embedded with sensors to measure key metrics?

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Kuehne + Nagel Inc.

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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

QAD

Taking Ford as an example, the company is working with key suppliers in China, India, Thailand and South Africa to eliminate over 4,900 metric tons of CO2 and 24 million gallons of water usage over the next three years.