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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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Supply Chain Agenda of Hildur Gylfadóttir, Supply Chain Manager at Össur

Supply Chain Movement

Since the company was founded in 1971, research and innovation has been at its core and it continues to push the technological boundaries further. While R&D remains in Iceland it has operational centers in the Americas, Europe, Asia and it employs around 2,300 people across 18 locations.

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Reflective Thinking: Complexity

Logility

On a recent webcast Noha Tohamy, research vice president, Gartner, posed several questions one should ask to help identify their distinct supply chain and sort through the complexity. Webcast: Inventory Management: Balancing Fast and Slow-Moving Products. Internal risks can range from product quality to the integrity of information.

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. Often, backup inventory and garden-variety expediting measures can ensure that the supply chain maintains continuity. a few days, for example?—?is

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How To Make Your Ecommerce Eco-Friendly

ShipBob

Distribute your inventory to reduce shipping distance when possible. ShipBob is a third-party logistics (3PL) company that makes it easy for merchants to split inventory across multiple fulfillment centers. Blue Lagoon utilizes the healing effects of the famous Blue Lagoon in Iceland to create powerful skincare products.