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Delivering the Drinks: Streamlining Beverage Transportation with Kristina Bernarducci

The Logistics of Logistics

Offers national pallet management services, acting as a single source for pallet supply, retrieval, and tracking. Its primary activity is distributing Veterans wreaths for placement on graves in military cemeteries. .: Provides third-party logistics (3PL) services, offering clients a complete managed services solution.

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

As demand forecasting accuracy increases, and the standard deviation associated with the forecast decreases, the need to hold “just in case” inventory also goes down. This leads to lower inventory carrying costs and thus better case flow. Demand forecasting should be tightly integrated to an inventory optimization application.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ukraine does not have the military might to stop the invasion. Given low inventories and dwindling spare capacity, the oil market cannot afford large supply disruptions,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo in a Reuters article. In terms of trade, these are not critical, single-sourced Tier 1 inputs needed in manufacturing.

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IoT Speeds Over-the-Road Shipment Tracking

Talking Logistics

According to a 2017 Michigan State University Supply Chain Management study , “supply chain and product complexity possess a number of sources that vex supply chain operations…customer accommodation is the first,” including the demand for speed and visibility into shipments.

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How manufacturers can respond to supply chain disruptions

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Global supply chains were starting to recover from two years of upheaval caused by the pandemic when the military crisis hit. Supply chains over the years have predominantly focused more on minimising end-to-end costs, reducing inventories while driving up asset utilisation. Supply chain challenges.

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Trends 2023: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Steve Banker , a Vice President for SCM at ARC Advisory Group, observes, “The US is greatly expanding its attempt to slow Beijing’s technological and military advances. Businesses will continue to search for and adopt sustainable efforts, from sourcing sustainable raw materials to evaluating greenhouse gas emissions in transportation.

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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Now, the greatest risk they face has shifted to the regional instabilities due to military conflict and the geopolitical and economic uncertainties it has created. Revisit your sourcing arrangements with suppliers, especially with a view to geographic location. Out of hardship come opportunities: leverage the possibilities with ERP.