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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. American Shipper reported that indexes measuring container-ship rental rates are now dropping rapidly. I gotta admit, I’m intrigued.

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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Those shipments can move directly to customers or move to several regional distribution centers (DCs) that serve as forward inventory locations and consolidation hubs servicing customers and channel partners. The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions in Iceland, for example, caused enormous disruption to air shipments across Western Europe.

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Reflective Thinking: Complexity

Logility

According to Gartner’s August 10, 2010 report, SKUs are Driving Complexity Into Your Supply Chain and Profitability Out of Your Bottom Line”, supply chain executives often cited item proliferation as a top driver of complexity. Webcast: Inventory Management: Balancing Fast and Slow-Moving Products.

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

However, a Forbes report explained that the one benefit of a hurricane is that businesses can see it coming. The Forbes report said that part of why organizations can be ready for a disaster is that many businesses will establish plans for what they will do if their supply chain is disrupted. The question that remains is “how?”

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

However, a Forbes report explained that the one benefit of a hurricane is that businesses can see it coming. The Forbes report said that part of why organizations can be ready for a disaster is that many businesses will establish plans for what they will do if their supply chain is disrupted. The question that remains is “how?”

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10 questions about the benefits of S&OP for your organisation

Supply Chain Movement

However, there must be consensus within the organisation about definitions and the right source of information for important reports. Supply Chain Media and consultancy firm Involvation have developed this checklist to provide insight into the added value and the potential of your current S&OP process. Anticipate. Guadeloupe. Isle of Man.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

The 2015 Annual Third Party Logistics Study also reveals that both sides regard themselves as being successful, and shippers are seeing positive results again this year: an average logistics cost reduction of 9%, an average inventory cost reduction of 5% and an average fixed logistics cost reduction of 15%. Guadeloupe. Guinea-bissau.