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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory. The warehouse was bursting at the seams and the calculation did not seem quite right. When we look at table 1, we see burgeoning inventories in some industries and extreme shortages in others. We are not good at inventory management. A guy by the name of Gary trained me.

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2021 Supply Chain Challenges: The Top 5 Lessons Learned + Tips from 11 Industry Experts

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Pre pandemic we were importing the majority of our inventory from East Asia, in particular China and Japan. These businesses often collect tires of high quality as spare inventory and do not have the infrastructure in place to sell them. Lesson #2: Finding solutions in warehouses and distribution centers. “We

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase year-over-year. In addition, there are no authoritative identifiers for a container, a warehouse, or a shipper. Get Good at Inventory Management. Be A Good Shipper.

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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

Supply Chain Shaman

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Inventories in the chemical industry are at record lows: a forerunner of bad days ahead. Much of the inventory on the ships at sea will miss the essential seasonal windows. What can we learn?

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

That said, implementing Lean concepts would undoubtedly be part of that strategy, for example, - Lean Warehousing : Many firms (both retailers and manufacturers) are now aggressively rolling out Lean in their warehouse operations. Eliminate Before You Automate : Automation is critical to large, efficient warehouse operations.

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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory. The warehouse was bursting at the seams and the calculation did not seem quite right. When we look at table 1, we see burgeoning inventories in some industries and extreme shortages in others. We are not good at inventory management. A guy by the name of Gary trained me.

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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory. The warehouse was bursting at the seams and the calculation did not seem quite right. When we look at table 1, we see burgeoning inventories in some industries and extreme shortages in others. We are not good at inventory management. A guy by the name of Gary trained me.