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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Is supply chain inventory the problem?

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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

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The issue wasn’t poor planning – they had the inventory. Multiple calls only muddied the waters, but a few things became clear: inventory was in the warehouse, but my order for it was stuck. Once a return was triggered in the system, information flows failed. In February 2022 I ordered a lovely midcentury modern table.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

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With this information, are you any closer to knowing what to do about it, or have you just enriched your ability to admire your problem and see it close up? Ipsen faced transportation capacity constraints, complications at country borders, and even temporary shutdowns at their own plants. Analytics inform decisions.

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Wake-Call for Added Resiliency Within Healthcare Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides added information and perspectives related to last week’s natural disaster involving a U.S. Background On July 19, a devastating tornado with reported winds of upwards of 150 miles-per-hour devastated an area in eastern North Carolina. Pfizer drug manufacturing facility. and other countries.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

While the supply chain pressures that have built up over the last two years continue to abate as transportation capacity problems ease and consumption shifts from goods to services, newer challenges and opportunities lie ahead. This survey-based research gathers quantitative data as well as information on practices or performance drivers.

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Hurricane Florence: What We Know About the Year's First Major Storm

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It will deliver tropical-storm-level winds by noon Thursday to North Carolina's coast, and hurricane-force winds and dangerous storm surges by late Thursday or early Friday. Over 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate in the Carolinas and Virginia. Transparency is key: master your information and rally your troops.

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Hurricane Florence: What You Need to Know About the Year's First Major Storm

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It will deliver tropical-storm-level winds by noon Thursday to North Carolina's coast, and hurricane-force winds and dangerous storm surges by late Thursday or early Friday. Over 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate in the Carolinas and Virginia. Transparency is key: master your information and rally your troops.