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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

More specifically, it took 83 days for container transport from Europe to Asia, and 88 days from North America to Asia. The delays are attributed to supply chain issues at every stage – from the time of booking transport to gate in at the port as well as ocean transit time of shipping containers.

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5 Key Insights From the 2022 Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Conference

BlueYonder

Sensing and predicting disruptions as early as possible will allow organizations to develop proactive risk mitigation strategies and lower premium freight. Furthermore, having short-term Purchase Order/ASN-level visibility is insufficient. I look forward to seeing you at next year’s conference!

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How to Capture Full Divestiture Value with a 3PL

Talking Logistics

This assessment identifies the most important capabilities for which the newly divested company needs to account, which may include functions such as Procurement, Purchasing, Accounting and Supply Chain Operations itself. To learn more on this topic, read “Whitepaper: Divestures and the Threat to Supply Chain Performance.”.

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Writing: Working on My Book

Supply Chain Shaman

As background, Peter Gibbons is the Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain for Mattel, Inc. He is responsible for manufacturing, procurement, supply chain planning, logistics, quality, social responsibility and final product engineering. Which metrics do you think matter to supply chain excellence?

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President Andrew Lynch On What We Must Do To Create Nationally Secure And Resilient Supply Chains

Zipline Logistics

He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America. What does the term “supply chain” encompass? CPU is an alluring logistics option in which your customer picks up your freight for you.

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More Evidence of Supply Chain Cost Inflation Impacting Various Industries

Supply Chain Matters

Global consumer product goods provider Nestle in its latest report of quarterly financial performance indicated that despite being able to raise prices for a wide variety of marketed products, higher costs for commodities, freight and energy continue eroding profit margins. percent in North America.

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A Conversation with Vittorio Favati, TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

My career has been dedicated to supply chain management from the very start, encompassing more than 30 years’ experience in the industry which began with a university degree in supply chain. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – June -July 2022. Increasing Supply Chain Performance in the Digital Era.