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POOLCORP Selects ToolsGroup to Improve Supply Chain Resilience

ToolsGroup

Headquartered in Louisiana, POOLCORP serves roughly 120,000 wholesale customers around the world. ToolsGroup’s service-driven multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) provides a single view of demand and supply to help manage uncertainty and increase product availability. . “We About ToolsGroup.

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Understanding Inventory Tax: An eCommerce Merchant’s Guide

Ware2Go

Everything you need to know about inventory tax. Learn which states collect it, its impact on your business, how to reduce it, and how to leverage fulfillment technology to accurately track and control inventory. Understanding Inventory Tax. Is There a Federal Inventory Tax? How Does Inventory Tax Affect My Business?

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

-bound shipments post first annual gain in 14 months in September Teamsters at DHL rally for fair contract The Mississippi River has dropped to a historic low Amazon is introducing an array of new artificial intelligence and robotics capabilities into its warehouse operations that will reduce delivery times and help identify inventory more quickly.

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7 Reasons Panama is the Latin American Supply Chain Capital with Demo Perez

The Logistics of Logistics

Long ago the country found a free trade agreement from Louisiana, translated it into Spanish, and implemented it. Latin American consumers will say the same thing, so we need inventory close to them. Panama is the most competitive market in Latin America and the US dollar is used. [31:22] 31:22] What’s the fifth reason?

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Making Sense of the Post-Pandemic Economy… Will We Ever Return to “Normal”?

NC State SCRC

Resin prices spiked, but continued to stay high, as there were massive hits taken by the plants on the Louisiana cost. During COVID, people were driving less, and consumed less gasoline… so inventories of poly necessarily dropped as well. If a hurricane hits the Louisiana coast, we could see some devastating effects.”

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This Week in Logistics News (August 19-23, 2013)

Talking Logistics

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. Manhattan Associates Launches 2013 Inventory Optimization Release.

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The Big Texas Chemical Freeze Raises Issues on Resiliency of the Petrochemical Supply Chain

NC State SCRC

As plants slowly restart, it will take months for inventories to recover, with prices likely only returning to normal levels in June, said Joel Morales, analyst at IHS Markit.” The shortages in PVC and other materials are even shutting down automotive production lines, as well as other manufacturers that I’ve been speaking with.

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