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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Without an efficient supply chain, a company can’t meet the demand that exists, and competitors swoop in and grab market share. Or, alternatively, a company carries too much inventory, storage for excess inventory must be purchased, and cash flows become tight. Over that span the sport has grown by almost 160% per year.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 30 – December 4, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Oz’s solutions address a number of pain points for e-commerce shippers by automating logistics and supply chain processes, including order fulfilment, inventory management/scanning, and shipping. airspace).

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[INFOGRAPHIC] 6 Logistics Industry Trends Set to Transform 2016 & Beyond

GlobalTranz

Although logistics providers have been gradually switching towards sustainable efforts, such as the use of natural gas-powered vehicles, the push for sustainability in 2016 will exceed that of previous years, explains Jordan England-Nelson. The Internet of Things Will Increase and Benefit Real Time Inventory Management.

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COVID-19 accelerates four trends and changes within global supply chains

Proxima

Many suppliers continue to rely on automation to ensure flexible supply chains and increased accuracy to help meet the demand from their buyers. Sales and revenues are great, but there needs to be real confidence that you’ll get 20-30% returns,” Jordan continued. Growth of automation. For some organizations it might be too late.”.

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Google Express, Its Supply Chain & Viability

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Aaron Kaplan, Eunice Cho, Jordan Sugar, Poornima Nookala, Shoaib Bharmal, Vishal Vibhandik, and Felipe Caro. per order for a one hour delivery), utilizes inventory from both its warehouses and local stores and restaurants, and marks up some prices in comparison to the in-store prices.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Given our trajectory, we’re on track to meet our 2013 targets for positive EBITDA in the fourth quarter and a billion dollar revenue run rate by year-end.” NAFTA trade reached $96.5 billion in August 2013, up 2 percent from August 2012.

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ERP is an Oxymoron

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Sometime in the 80s, ERP vendors realized if they wanted to target the manufacturing sector, they needed to provide tools to help manufacturers deal with what is arguably their biggest issue: inventory. As Trey Jordan recently wrote in his post Going Lean: Should You Replace Your ERP System? These meetings can get tense.