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This Week in Logistics News (June 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

The information the companies gather could, for example, allow managers to receive information about unexpected frost harming cherry production or information about harvesting delays, which could result in inventory changes. Postal Service after UPS recently won the five-year contract.

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Want to Succeed at a Large Firm? Become an Entrepreneur

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Those sites are primarily located in China, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, and the United States. She worked as a production planner, a master planner, a demand planner, and inventory manager, before leading a team of demand planners in 2015. They had over 100 days of inventory on hand. They were only doing four turns.

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

are reporting that they are being inundated with requests from importers seeking to use provisions such as the “321 de minimis” rule, which allows goods worth less than $800 to be shipped to the U.S. Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. For instance, law firms and consultants in the U.S. Conclusion.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. Even in Malaysia, retail sales during Christmas and Chinese New Year showed an 26.5%

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Chinese New Year Shutdown 2020: How to Prepare

ShipBob

In mainland China (and even in other countries that celebrate the holiday such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei), the Chinese New Year holiday is a very big deal. Get prepared for the year of the rat with the best kind of red envelope, keeping your business in stock of inventory!

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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Changing Landscape of Supply Chain Executives Traditionally, supply chain executives excelled in managing functions like transportation, warehousing, inventory, and production planning but supply chain process extends beyond the firm, involving global relationships with suppliers and customers.

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Impact Now: 3 Success Factors for Multi-Site Manufacturers

QAD

Spindex is a Singapore-listed precision component manufacturer with plants in Malaysia, China and Vietnam. One leader went on to say, “We have revamped using QAD ERP, which helped us a lot in inventory management and cost analysis.” Another facility seven miles away was able to “ship and do all of the normal business processes”.