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When local problems go global

DELMIA Quintiq

Too often they have implemented MRP and MPS production management systems that come with their ERP but are philosophically rooted in 1980’s planning methodology, when manufacturing was much more regional and computing power was a fraction of what is available today. Flexible inventory buffer windows. Complex resource capability rules.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

When the product has a defect after its production, it is sent back to the inventory to reuse or recycle it. It is done by Logistrap in Mexico, they reduced their space within the warehouses and container ships to transport more within the same number of trips (Logistrap, 2020). Retrieved from Triple EFF. consulting. EM Ojo, C.

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The Impact of the Red Sea Ship Attacks on Global Supply Chains and Logistics

Resilinc

Hapag-Lloyd: Shipping and container transportation company. Shipping and container transportation company. Will stop transporting cargo to and from Israel (Dec 17). Will either navigate its vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, or temporarily pause their journey and reposition them in a safe location.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

Manufacturing is designed and planned in isolation. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Use of third-party data for transportation lane and drayage times by day/time of week. Focus on the level of inventory.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

Like the chicken shortage and other issues surrounding the supply chain crisis , infant formula shortages originated with COVID-19 disrupting the supply chain , triggering the lack of labor , transportation, and raw materials. This made it incredibly difficult for manufacturers to accurately gauge the market size for production.

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Supply Chain Management in a VUCA World

Enterra Insights

He explains, “I almost feel that we should be shouting ‘Vuka’ which in Xhosa (one of the South Africa languages) means ‘wake up.’ Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2]

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Starbucks Appoints New Supply Chain Chief

RFgen

Investigations showed that one main cause of the loss in revenue was that less than half of deliveries arrived on time, driving up costs, and over 50% of their supply chain budget went to outsourcing delivery to third party transportation services, leading to cost inflation. Plant in Columbia, South Carolina in 2009.