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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. Supply chain strategy, process, talent and enabling technologies each play important roles. Containers of fitness equipment shipped from Asia were delayed by major port and inland logistics disruptions.

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Taking a Holistic View on Inventory May Lead to Change in Strategy

Talking Logistics

Inventory optimization has always been a challenge while designing and planning a supply chain. A variety of barriers can impact an effective inventory strategy, such as working in functional silos and demand/supplier volatilityÂą. Asking the Right Inventory Questions. Where and in What Form Should Inventory Be Held?

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Supply Chain Basics with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

Jason Miller (PhD The Ohio State University) is a tenured Associate Professor of Logistics and the John D. His primary research stream examines firms’ logistics operations, with an emphasis on studying motor carrier safety, productivity, pricing dynamics, and driver turnover. Manufacturing strategies. and Dortha J.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Linkedin Comment Donald Cavin Data Warehousing Consultant at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute. Survey existing suppliers, third-party logistics providers and customers. Design an Over-Arching Strategy and Building Blocks. Reflection. As leaders, be patient.

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Shorter Supply Chains are Upending Globalization Patterns

Enterra Insights

As China’s economy slows, its leaders worry that emerging foreign government and transnational corporate strategies focused on trade with China will make matters worse. ”[2] The bottom line is this: Companies are likely to continue to pursue their de-risking strategies. In many respects, they only have themselves to blame.

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Tech OEMS battle it out in the semiconductor value chain

Resilinc

While reduced demand caused most of the decline, supply chain issues also figured prominently, with supply chain disruptions continuing to shift from “component shortages to logistics disruptions,” according to Gartner. Foxconn will follow the Lordstown deal by building Fisker’s Pear model at an “Ohio factory starting in 2024.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

At the beginning of this week, I took a “boy’s trip” with my son and my dad to Ohio to check out the Football Hall of Fame and the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Among its strategies, the discounter has opened more mini Ulta Beauty shops, debuted curbside returns and invested in speedier shipping.