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The Digital Supply Chain Needs to Include Trade Compliance Systems!

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, it can look like imports from China are cheaper than the same goods imported from Mexico if a company is not relying on analysis produced by an advanced good global trade compliance (GTC) system. Furthermore, the transit time from Mexico averages just 8 days versus 40 to 48 days from China. FTZ’s have many advantages.

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Editor’s Choice: What Supply Chains Must Overcome to Deliver on the Consumer Promise

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The following will delve into some of the intricate farm-to-table challenges that supply chains face across sourcing, demand planning, procurement and inventory management, transportation, and warehousing. The blackberries you eat today could be from Mexico, and the ones you buy next week could be from California.

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It’s the bullwhip, stupid!

Supply Chain Movement

Many companies worldwide are now reducing their inventories because they ordered too much last year. The result of this buying frenzy: warehouses worldwide overflowing with products for which demand has often plummeted or even evaporated. However, these figures came as absolutely no surprise to me.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

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That assessment comes as a result of 10 months of subdued demand, inventory de-stocking, and high interest rates, the New Jersey-based company said in its “The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index.” But a key focus right now for Amazon is using AI to figure out where to place its inventory. That said, U.S. has pledged $3.4

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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 – 12)

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At 2022’s end, the company had around 17 million square feet of “healthcare-compliant warehousing,” according to its 10-K. Jay Inslee and members of the state legislature for enacting House Bill 1762, an Act Relating to Protecting Employees of Warehouses (HB 1762). UPS will add 2.3 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official.

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Which Supply Chain Strategy Will Prevail in 2022?

Stord

After 2+ years of out-of-stock messages, low inventory levels, and sky-high costs, brands are exploring a wide range of strategies to resolve these issues and strengthen their inventory throughput in 2022 and beyond. As an extension, companies are hoarding warehouse space to accommodate the extra product stored in the U.S.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Aug.18, 2022

Supply Chain Digest

China has Its Factory Eyes on Mexico. Target Profits Crumble on Inventory Sell Off. US Warehouse Vacancies at Record Lows US Manufacturing Rises in July.

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