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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Japan farm exports in 2022 1st half hit record high as more dine out. The value of Japan’s agricultural and seafood exports in the first six months of 2022 expanded 13.1 The value of Japan’s agricultural and seafood exports in the first six months of 2022 expanded 13.1 And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Can You Predict Supply Chain Disruptions in an Unpredictable World?

Logility

Rethink just-in-time inventory policies: There could be another pandemic or another war. Evaluate supplier options beyond China: There was a time – in the 1950s and 1960s – when it seemed like everything was made in Japan. Agility means having the ability to respond quickly and think outside the box when necessary.

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The Single Point of Failure in Supply Chain – Semiconductor Fabrication!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The concept of only bringing in inventory on demand is very compelling when inventories are considered costly, wasteful and cash drains. Deloitte states that the automotive industry lost sales of $210 billion in 2021 alone due to chip shortages. The False Confidence in Historic Supply Chain Design. The Challenges.

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Top 6 Wholesale Distribution Trends for 2019

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Unfortunately, much of the changes are factors caused by the escalating trade wars between the two largest nations in the world: the United States and China. At the same time, the United States grew further in size as the world’s largest contiguous market. Product design and marketing generally stayed in Japan.

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Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions Through Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logility

Divert inventory on the fly. Supply chain disruptions, like the one we are currently experiencing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic will continue to happen. Just look back over the last couple of years. Just think what that time compression could allow your company to do and how much value that might create.

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Relatively Cautious Global Production and Supply Chain Indices for February 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Optimism is reflected in United States , Eurozone and select Asia data and the traditional Lunar New Year holiday period does not appear to have dampened Asia based production levels for February. Indices reflecting manufacturing across the United States were generally positive. Federal Bank of New York.

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Toyota and USPS See Opportunities for Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

Imagine a bitcoin being a unit of inventory and a digital wallet (“bitcoin address”) being an inventory-keeping location, such as a store, distribution center, or truck trailer. As I wrote at the time in Bitcoin: A New Supply Chain Operating System? Toyota temporarily shut two factories in the aftermath.