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Mass Customisation: What It Is and How Companies Are Using It

Unleashed

Automated inventory management platforms then help manufacturers organise and monitor their new, modular product ranges. This can make inventory management more difficult, especially if there are items coming back up the supply chain in the form of returns, which are then harder to resell.

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Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Similarly, during the 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland, which disrupted air travel across Europe, fashion retailer Zara showcased its agility by rapidly adjusting its distribution network to ensure timely delivery of products to customers.

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Reflective Thinking: Complexity

Logility

External factors vary from port closures due to worker strikes to natural disasters such as the recent eruptions of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull which have caused several disruptions to supply chains around the globe. Webcast: Inventory Management: Balancing Fast and Slow-Moving Products.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Production/manufacturing. Warehousing. Transportation.

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