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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. The CNBC article states, “ As delivery times and consumer demand rose this year, retailers responded by ordering inventory earlier than usual.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The high-end versions of the phones have the ability to record three-dimensional video, which can be viewed in the augmented reality headset that Apple will release next year. The latest capability for merchants shows that the e-commerce giant is trying to control more inventory deeper in the supply chain before it’s sold.

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Supply chain risk management in 2017

Kinaxis

Maybe the one good thing to come out of it was some companies figured out how they could survive with lower inventories. The 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland. Inventories were stranded as supply chains scrambled to understand the impact on their customers. Some suppliers weren’t so lucky. Well, it got a lot worse.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Watch Video Tips. Inventory stock turns in Days. Inventory management. Inventory levels. I’ve literally seen KPI “packs” the size of phone books, and even KPI sets circulated as a monthly magazine… that no one reads. Remember what the K stands for! Do they directly support those objectives? Supply Chain KPI.

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