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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

If the war in Ukraine encourages companies to stockpile inventory, it is only the latest of several factors driving divergence from the once-dominant lean supply chain model. That shift has seen enterprises distance themselves from just-in-time and lean practices and hedge against supply shocks by judicious inventory stockpiling.

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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. A TMS with inventory allocation enables shippers to monitor shipments down to the package level. Kazakhstan. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man.