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Different Strokes for Different Folks (to Yield Better Results?)?

Supply Chain Shaman

The translation of demand in traditional advanced planning systems determines safety stock, but there is a greater opportunity for pharmaceutical companies with an inventory turn level of two, and great demand and supply uncertainty, to determine inventory strategies including buffers, push-pull decoupling points, and postponement.

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The Supply Chain Impacts of the Russian Attack on the Ukraine

NC State SCRC

Although there are inventories of these minerals on hand, the industry is struggling to keep up with current demand, which is rising significantly, meaning the global chip shortage will continue to get worse. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t impacted.

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Top 9 Marketplaces to Sell Your Products in the Middle East

Vinculum

Available all over the Middle East, except for Iraq, Letstango has partnered with several airlines to sell across the GCC. Like Mumzworld, Letstango is also a category-specific marketplace for electronics, smartphones, televisions, home appliances, and gadgets – although it has expanded to lifestyle. Why Letstango?

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory. Will interest rates continue to climb in 2016, and if so, what impact will it have on inventory levels?

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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

Coronavirus has led to a new reason for societal division and discrimination, in order to preserve what nations value most: the trillions of dollars of wealth tied up in their supply chains, which until now, have all been enabled by the operations people taking risks to maintain uptime, quality, and inventory deliveries.

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Logistics Service Providers (LSP): 3PL vs 4PL vs 5PL

SCMDOJO

LSPs generally endow tremendous inventory management and warehousing solutions, conveyance of orders and international logistics. It is lacking control over the customer experience and fulfillment and inventory management system is much less effective. Duhok, Iraq. Disadvantages of 3PLs Yet, 3PLs have several drawbacks as well.

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Middle East eCommerce Reimagined

Vinculum

Countries like Iraq, Egypt, Oman, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia have the fastest growing young generation, with a median age of 22 years old. More than 28% of the Middle East is young between 15 and 29, making it ideal in targeting the region.