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Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part Five

Arkieva

Last time in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part Four I talked about the Supply step of the cross-functional process of SiOP. Your final SiOP plan is typically the result of evaluating possible alternatives on service, cost and inventory. Thank you for reading!

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Economic Aspects of Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

Other geopolitical risks, such as tensions between Russia and Ukraine, along with unpredictable regimes in Iran and North Korea, have the potential to disrupt global supply chains as well. The uncertainty of that will challenge policymakers to adopt new strategies. Today, they face new challenges and opportunities.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Due to climate change, firms are rethinking their strategies to guarantee environmental initiatives to start environmental actions. When the product has a defect after its production, it is sent back to the inventory to reuse or recycle it. A great example would be today’s prominence of climate change. Why go green?

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E-Commerce in the Middle East

Vinculum

Such strategies are changing vividly and taking a different mode to centralize online shopping. Some of the Middle East countries like Egypt and Iran are ranking at the top-most level as internet users. It is estimated that about 90% of online stuff is sourced from outside when counting is done on Middle East countries.

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Middle East eCommerce Reimagined

Vinculum

Countries like Iran, Egypt, and Bahrain are some of the countries rank in the highest internet users with more countries on the list. It is to provide strategies and solutions to the retailer’s problems in such an uncertain time. Two sessions took place.

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10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Iran and Spain were highly infected. Mission Critical and Strategic Inventory Positioning. Inventory can often be one of the biggest assets in many companies, spanning multiple channels and tiers, and being the biggest determinant of cash flow and return on investment. Italy locked down the country. And the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. shale or Iran, for example. We knew it might go into a recession, more like a dimmer switch, but off?”