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What are the best Supply Chain Strategies for 2021

ivalua

Supply Chain Strategies: What the Pandemic Has Taught Us So Far? While this strategy appears to be a viable solution, as there will be some shortening of supply chains moving forward, it is not realistic to expect that a vast global supply chain network will not continue to exist.

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The India supply chain revolution

Supply Chain Movement

India is on the cusp of a supply chain transformation that may end up being nothing short of a major game changer. At IMD, we often discuss the distribution footprint of L’Oréal which had an outsized 15% of distribution centers located in India. Unilever, for example, has 38 factories in India out of more than 300 factories worldwide.

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Report- Hewlett Packard Modifying Global Sourcing Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

based companies had indicated in survey data and in concerted actions that termed China Plus sourcing strategies that either explored alternative, nearshoring, or reshoring efforts were being undertaken. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China de-risking sourcing actions.

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Navigating Returns: Five Strategies for Shippers to Reduce Return to Origin

Locus

Additional Emission and fuel costs: Many countries are running towards the goal of carbon neutral by 2050 and countries like India. Top Five Strategies that Shippers can Implement to Reduce Return to Origin 1. More time on the road means more fuel consumption, leading to increased costs.

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Amazon CEO’s Latest Letter to Shareholders Outlines Unfolding Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

fulfillment network, including organization and inventory management strategy. Last year, we started rearchitecting our inventory placement strategy and leveraging our larger fulfillment center footprint to move from a national fulfillment network to a regionalized network model.

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The Dangers of Single Sourcing in Your Supply Chain

Resilinc

Avoid the pitfalls of single sourcing and learn strategies to build a more resilient supply chain. Single sourcing and sole sourcing are two different procurement strategies in supply chain management. This provides benefits like shorter transportation times and improved inventory efficiency.

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The emergence of supply chain localization strategies

NC State SCRC

In supply chains, compression refers to reducing the geographical distances between you and other parties in your supply chain – which equates to a strategy of localization. First, you have less cash tied up in your supply chain – and less inventory sitting on a boat, on a plane, or in a container.