Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Our guinea pig Cow died this morning. What do you do with a deceased guinea pig? E-commerce coupled with more demanding delivery expectations from retailers — such as Walmart’s On-Time In-Full (OTIF) requirements — are forcing manufacturers to redesign their supply chain networks.
Talking Logistics
JULY 25, 2014
I hurried downstairs to the kitchen, and after a mild panic attack witnessed only by our guinea pig, I called the airline and was able to get booked on a different flight, and I made it to my client’s meeting on time. That was my wake-up call Thursday morning. The airline sent me a text too, in case I dismissed the call as a bad dream.
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SupplyShift
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Hershey has also reconfigured its manufacturing processes to use 70 percent less water and produce far less waste. grams per chocolate bar.
Elementum
JUNE 19, 2015
California has its own Transparency in Supply Chains Act, which requires that “retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the state… disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct Supply Chains”. As manufacturers, we can decide just how long the path will be.
SupplyShift
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Hershey has also reconfigured its manufacturing processes to use 70 percent less water and produce far less waste. grams per chocolate bar.
Resilinc
OCTOBER 19, 2021
As Resilinc has monitored the shortages and price increases of raw materials for our customers, two commodities have stood out as especially sensitive and vital to a wide range of manufacturers: silicon and aluminum. Aluminum in the spotlight.
o9 Solutions
DECEMBER 17, 2021
There is not a single day without the metals industry making the headlines: from the Guinea coup to price volatility, to the semiconductor crisis impacting the automotive industry and consequently reducing the demand for metal manufacturers. construction, automotive, etc.). region, customer, product family, etc.).
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