Veridian Solutions

AUGUST 28, 2019

How often does your organization think about inventory accuracy and its impact on order fulfillment ? The best-laid plans for an omnichannel supply chain will falter without accurate inventory. Failure to have any degree of real-time visibility into inventory counts will add to your problem. That is the key.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The rain has stopped in Houston, Texas, but the traumatic conditions left by Tropical Storm Harvey have not yet cleared. Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston, Texas — America's fourth largest city — and has proven to be extremely traumatic to tens of thousands of people and businesses. click to zoom).

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Arkieva

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

At first glance, supply chain metrics may seem to tell you a lot about your current supply chain operations. percent in Houston. Read Previous: Supply Chain Talk: Are Best Practices Always Best? ]. How does this relate to my supply chain? Read Also: Forget the Supply Chain of 2020.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

In the supply chain, the questions do not change; but the answers do. Quote from a Supply Chain Leader at a Conference in Europe. Yesterday, Peter Bolstorff, Executive Director, APICS Supply Chain Council, called to discuss the use of the Supply Chain Index by APICS to measure supply chain improvement.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Disaster preparedness is essential in the supply chain. Hurricane Harvey has caused incredible damage in Houston and the surrounding area as heavy, sustained rainfall has led to flooding. This type of disaster can be incredibly damaging to a business by limiting its ability to sustain its supply chain.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Disaster preparedness is essential in the supply chain. Hurricane Harvey has caused incredible damage in Houston and the surrounding area as heavy, sustained rainfall has led to flooding. This type of disaster can be incredibly damaging to a business by limiting its ability to sustain its supply chain.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Major supply chain disruptions due to weather related incidents are on the rise, and one can’t dismiss these as a “once in a century” event any more. This event resulted in damaged to a lot of pipes that were not weatherized for a frozen winter storm. One of the big bottlenecks is nitrogen and refrigerants.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

The need to respond to those changes while maintaining margins, service, and efficiencies with optimal planning of inventory, sourcing, transportation, and fulfilment. These transformational shifts in consumer behavior create unprecedented levels of variability, uncertainty, and complexity in supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. The LMI has now declined 6.7

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2017

As a center of petro-chemical industry and a conduit of trucking and rail out of Mexico, the key supply chain hub is currently devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Houston’s expansive sprawl lacks drainage systems and has ample bodies of water that are easily exacerbated by heavy rains. click to zoom). Hobby Airport.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Others say February… Where they all agree is that the labor union discord was the icing on the top of a broken link in the supply chain. As a country, I think that we need to rethink supply chain flows for chassis, drayage and the unloading of larger ships. Lora Cecere is the Supply Chain Shaman.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

ISM special report found that 67% of supply managers believe input materials pricing will be at least somewhat negatively impacted over the next three months with 27% expecting prices to be negatively or very negatively impacted. Production, new orders, and inventories of input materials comprised the second group.

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RFgen

MARCH 6, 2017

Poorly managed stocks of inventory can devastate a company’s bottom line. Do you know how much inventory you have, whether it’s in your office, warehouse or in the field? Inventory management is a top business process that, if not tracked correctly, can irreversibly damage companies. You should. It’s Costly.

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RFgen

MARCH 6, 2017

Poorly managed stocks of inventory can devastate a company’s bottom line. Do you know how much inventory you have, whether it’s in your office, warehouse or in the field? Inventory management is a top business process that, if not tracked correctly, can irreversibly damage companies. You should. It’s Costly.

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American Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Its global scope threatens to strike at the heart of economies, businesses and supply chains. Supply chains now appear to be at risk once again. Both are external threats that challenge the operation of businesses and supply chains. So, a tightening of supplies in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 31, 2017

Houston Chemical Factory Set to Explode after Flooding, New Drone and RFID Inventory System from MIT,Things Looking Up for Container Carriers for a Change, New Amazon FC from Ruins of Huge Cleveland Mall

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

According to the Journal of Commerce , the New York and New Jersey port backlog is increasing and leading to more instability in terms of product replenishment and inventory management in the weeks after Christmas. UPS to Houston has experienced the most delays—8.9%, followed closely by New York and Los Angeles.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As of today, the highest VLSFO costs I see are in Houston, TX at $526/MT. IF380 in Houston, TX is at $375/MT. . Chris was director of supply chain at SharkNinja where he was responsible for procurement, inventory management, and new product development. We’ll continue to watch this closely. About the author: ?. ?Chris

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As of today, the highest VLSFO costs I see are in Houston, TX at $526/MT. IF380 in Houston, TX is at $375/MT. . Chris was director of supply chain at SharkNinja where he was responsible for procurement, inventory management, and new product development. We’ll continue to watch this closely. About the author: ?. ?Chris

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

The need to respond to those changes while maintaining margins, service, and efficiencies with optimal planning of inventory, sourcing, transportation, and fulfilment. These transformational shifts in consumer behavior create unprecedented levels of variability, uncertainty, and complexity in supply chains.

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RFgen

JUNE 28, 2015

Agile manufacturing is a great idea for businesses, but how can the supply chain adapt? According to the Houston Chronicle, while lean and agile manufacturing processes have different qualities, both have helped manufacturing companies achieve reduced costs , quicker response time and improved customer service.

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RFgen

JUNE 28, 2015

Agile manufacturing is a great idea for businesses, but how can the supply chain adapt? According to the Houston Chronicle, while lean and agile manufacturing processes have different qualities, both have helped manufacturing companies achieve reduced costs , quicker response time and improved customer service.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 24, 2015

I had the opportunity to visit with the American Red Cross in Charlotte, NC yesterday, and held a negotiation workshop with the supply chain directors and managers. This was at the request of my good friend, Tom Nash, who I have known since 2000, when he was an IT Sourcing executive at Shell Oil in Houston. Guess again!

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

“When imports break records two months in a row , it’s hard to see that as anything other than a good sign about what retailers expect in consumer demand,” says Jonathan Gold, NRF’s vice president for supply chain and customs policy. Consumers are buying more, and everybody from dockworkers to truck drivers is trying to keep up.

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TrackVia

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Operational Excellence in Oil and Gas Summit held in Houston. One attendee I spoke to worked in the supply chain division for a large petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company. During my time at the conference, a few things came to light. Manual Processes Run Rampant.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

Amazon has been pushing its same-day delivery model for Prime members over the last year, making large investments in its supply chain infrastructure. With the new expansion, Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery to Prime members in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Charlotte and Houston, bringing the total markets served to 12.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Because the company had invested in an integrated digital supply chain management solution, it had the ability to take a change order up until 3 pm one day and deliver on the order the following day. Recent estimates suggest that Hurricane Harvey destroyed a minimum of 100,000 homes in the Houston-Beaumont, Texas, area.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Last night, Ravens outside linebacker Justin Houston sacked Brady on back-to-back plays in the second quarter to make Brady the most-sacked quarterback in NFL history. Apple calls on global supply chain to decarbonize by 2030. Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

There’s no question that innovative technologies aid in logistics and supply chain management, but when it comes to the many labor-intensive processes that take place in the warehouse, some fear that robots could make human warehouse workers obsolete. She is now an Editor at Aggregage for the site Supply Chain Brief.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

races to expand Michigan locks and secure the supply chain S.-bound The new program reduces the time it takes to fulfill an order by up to 25%, the company said, and it can identify and store inventory up to 75% faster. Amazon launched the system this week at one of its warehouses in Houston.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Other presentations at the conference included a discussion of compliance in the global supply chain. The topic of the “internet of things” was introduced, and the opportunities for tracking and managing assets in the supply chain was discussed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This is leading to an inventory pile-up of processors and memory chips used in PCs. As a result, shortages are alleviating across the board, and supply constraints caused by record demand for chips during the pandemic are less widespread. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. The largest U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

Cardinal Health starts Zipline drone deliveries of drugs and medical supplies. US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. Retail’s inventory glut means big business for liquidators. While some companies are suffering losses from excess inventory, others are making huge profits from it.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2013

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. Manhattan Associates Launches 2013 Inventory Optimization Release.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 30, 2017

Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast and Houston with driving rains that left many businesses struggling with flooding, with little advance warning. Entire warehouses full of products, as well as significant links in the global supply chain could be affected, as well as transport and other nodes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

According to Stephan Seifert, Chief Executive Officer at Körber Group, “this acquisition is a great extension of our existing product portfolio and another important milestone towards our ambition to become a global supply chain software champion! According to The McCown Report, imports to the top 10 US ports rose 5.9

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

University of Maryland Selects Resilinc as Supply Chain Risk Partner. The service will begin in Los Angeles and New York on November 17, with plans to expand it to Dallas, New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix, and other cities next year. Amazon to Begin Sunday Deliveries, With Post Office’s Help ( Wall Street Journal ).

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