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What are the best Supply Chain Strategies for 2021

ivalua

For example, China and the United States are ranked 1 and 2 respectively for the production of rare earth elements, but this is deceiving as China is producing 5 times the amount of the United States. Managing Risk Across the Supply Chain Remains Challenging. Supply Chain Resilience vs Low-Cost Supply Chain.

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Are you looking for logistics management books? In this article, we will show you 5 books that'll help you learn logistics faster than any other logistics book. In the United States, the median wage for a Logistics Manager is around $70,000 annually. Best Logistics Book for Beginners: 1.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Team re-building, split of responsibilities/tasks, border closure challenges, quick navigation of stock management, prioritisation of logistics to consumer needs and coordination with partners upstream and downstream. The Eisenhower Principle helps manage the decision-making process effectively in every situation.

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Trucker protest over COVID vaccines: an update

Resilinc

If there were any doubts about how thoroughly dependent the United States and Canada are on their trucking fleets and cross-border trade, the truckers’ protests of the past three weeks have made it clear: trucks are the lifeblood of North American commerce. and Canada.

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The Transportation Supply Chain: Transportation’s Role in Supply Chain Management to Lower Total Costs

GlobalTranz

This requires a new broad look at the business of transportation supply chain, including supply chain management, logistics, & procurement. Freight transportation costs in the United States amount to about 6% of the GDP, which means that a large portion of a company’s supply chain costs come from transportation.

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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Jaggaer

This in turn could put logistics under pressure at companies like Amazon. “It’s good to hear that suppliers filing for bankruptcy is not one of the most common impacts you’re seeing right now.” That said, the flexibility of the logistics industry has been one of the positives during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2023 and Enhancements for QAD Adaptive Applications

QAD

Updates in the past few months address new requirements for Brazil, India, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, United States and other global regions. QAD Production Execution continues to extend standard ERP production operations to the shop floor in real-time to better manage materials, labor, quality and production reporting.