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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The company, headquartered in Stoughton Massachusetts, is now headed by Adam Franklin. Or, alternatively, a company carries too much inventory, storage for excess inventory must be purchased, and cash flows become tight. This warehouse provides inventory storage for goods not yet ordered that will ship later.

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Associated Grocers of New England Selects HIMPACT

Herlitz Inventory Management

In September 2021, Associated Grocers of New England signed with Herlitz Inventory Management to improve upon its existing purchasing system and to further advance its goal of serving the needs of independent retail grocers of every store size and format. Carl Herlitz, President and CEO of Herlitz Inventory Management Inc.

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New Balance’s Added U.S. Manufacturing Presence

Supply Chain Matters

Yesterday the company conducted a grand opening ceremony for this new production facility located in Methuen Massachusetts , just up the highway from where this blog originates. This Week’s Grand Opening. onshore presence. The CNBC report notes that it still takes an additional six weeks to move goods to the U.S. from pre-pandemic levels.

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New Balance Has Plans for Added U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Matters

In a prior Supply Chain Matters published commentary in May of last year , we highlighted the grand opening of the company’s fifth manufacturing facility located in Methuen, Massachusetts. The privately held company invested upwards of $20 million in renovations of an existing building and on factory automation.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times. Reducing lead times from suppliers can help turn inventory faster, freeing up cash and ultimately satisfying customers. These are three examples: Rule 3.1:

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Guest blog: With the Truck Driver Shortage, How Many More Drivers will be Enough?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Robinson Director of Research and Market Intelligence: The truck driver shortage is top of mind for many as supply chain disruptions continue, port backlogs persist, and the gap between inventory supply and sales demand widens. The answer is not simple and involves research and analysis across a number of factors.

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Join Thousands of Students in MIT’s Digital Supply Chain Classroom

MIT Supply Chain

The SCx curriculum is part of the MITx initiative, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s selection of massive open online courses, or MOOCs. The main topic areas are: Demand Forecasting, Planning, and Management, Inventory Planning, Management, and Control, and. Advanced inventory management. Procurement and purchasing.