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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment?

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. By consolidating at the source, several shipments can be combined into one, thereby reducing the number of shipments even before the shipments arrive at the Logistics Service Provider (LSP).

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Oil prices are higher out of the gate after Iran attack, but increase isn’t gigantic

Freight Waves

on Iranian nuclear facilities and now in the wake of an actual one is the fate of the Strait of Hormuz, which is the gateway to the Persian Gulf and the route of oil exports from numerous countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran. The most bullish scenario for the oil market in the weeks leading up to the attack by the U.S.

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Trump Unveils New Tariff Rates, Including 50% Levy on Brazil

Supply Chain Brain

Trump on July 9 also said he would levy a 30% rate on Algeria, Libya, Iraq and Sri Lanka, with 25% duties on products from Brunei and Moldova and a 20% rate on goods from the Philippines. This Trial should not be taking place. It is a Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY!” Trump wrote in the letter. billion of goods to the U.S.

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