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This Week in Supply Chain News (February 19 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

The most significant delays are evident in shipments originating from Asian ports destined for Western Europe and the East Coast of the United States. Similarly, shipments bound for New York and other East Coast ports are grappling with delays of up to 11 days. inventory was down 4.5%, Sam’s was down over 8%.

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Inventory and Inflation

Enterra Insights

The irony of excess inventory. In the grocery sector, for example, correspondents from the New York Times observe, “[Grocery shoppers] doing their weekly runs to grocery stores [are finding] some items that used to be plentiful have been missing for months.”[2] Excess inventory was also caused by the Bullwhip Effect.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. Material Handling & Logistics ).

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Preparing Your Supply Chain for 2023 – 4 Areas of Focus

Logility

We’ve already seen an example of this in late 2022, when the Biden administration acted to block the strike of thousands of railroad workers across the United States – an event that could have been catastrophic for U.S. Then we saw a glut of inventory hit the shelves in late summer when those bottlenecks were addressed.

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The Pain of Picking the Wrong 3PL with Esther Kestenbaum Prozan

The Logistics of Logistics

With a strategically located international footprint of distribution centers in the United States, Canada, and the UK, Ruby Has Fulfillment is a company in hyper-growth. A 3PL that manages your DTC shipments has your inventory in their building and in their control. 5000 for six consecutive years. Locations across the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Gopuff arrives in New York. In a blog post, Amazon said a combination of planes, trucks, ships, and delivery vans, along with staffed-up warehouses, has put it in a good position to “get customers what they want, when they want it, wherever they are this holiday season.” In 2021, UPS has earned $8.9

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The Pain of Picking the Wrong 3PL with Esther Kestanbaum Prozan

The Logistics of Logistics

With a strategically located international footprint of distribution centers in the United States, Canada, and the UK, Ruby Has Fulfillment is a company in hyper-growth. A 3PL that manages your DTC shipments has your inventory in their building and in their control. 5000 for six consecutive years. Locations across the U.S.

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