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Inventory is Everything with Jeff Flowers

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff Flowers and Joe Lynch discuss why inventory is everything. In his last role at Bluelinx, Jeff was the General Manager of Metal Products Business Unit which generated $250M in revenue sourcing products from 17 different countries serving 18,000 SKUs to national, regional and local building products retailers.

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Glen Raven Meets Their Goals Through a Successful Deployment of Advanced Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

It is a privately-held textile company that successfully navigated the global sourcing/labor arbitrage mania of the last decade and managed to maintain a significant presence in the United States. For him, this meant growing top-line revenue with less supply chain inventory. Leib Oehmig, the CEO of Glen Raven, Inc.

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The Onshoring, Reshoring, and Nearshoring Strategies Calm Supply Chain Chaos

Logility

According to Reshoring Initiative , companies seeking to limit their exposure to supply chain uncertainties and global conflict risks are moving operations from East Asia to the United States or as close as possible. Whatever the rationale, this trend – which includes onshoring, reshoring and nearshoring – offers enticing tradeoffs.

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Importance of Digitalisation to Improve Supply Chains: Helping Businesses Navigate Through Supply Chain Disruptions

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Applying innovation to supply chains, combines innovative technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), analytics, and robotics to supply chain management to improve performance and meet customer demands. One solution to this problem is centralized distribution and real-time inventory management. Cyber Security and Risk.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

I read earlier this week that pressure on the supply of critical materials will continue to mount as road transport electrification expands to meet net-zero ambitions. In a recent report, IEA indicated that global battery and mineral supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030. billion yen.

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What You Need To Know About The State Of The Retail Worker Shortage

ToolsGroup

How to Hire in a Labor Shortage and Meet Customer Expectations. The Current State of the Retail Worker Shortage: Are Retail Workers in Demand? As per a recent report by CNBC , the labor department in the United States has 5.5 Source: Bloomberg.com. Hiring Halts and Reductions. Labor Shortage Challenges.

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WEG Joins the Logility Client Community

Logility

WEG chose Logility’s sophisticated demand planning tool to support inventory replenishment on its distribution business in the United States. WEG stands out in innovation by constantly developing solutions to meet the major trends in energy efficiency, renewable energy and electric mobility.

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