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No Balloons Needed: Practical Moves to Navigate Tariff Volatility

Logistics Viewpoints

The company, heavily invested in Canadian manufacturing, faced a crisis because its raw materials were sourced from outside North America, disqualifying it from USMCA tariff exemptions. Establish inventory reserves in key markets to avoid supply chain disruptions.

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Tariffs Are the New Normal: Boardrooms are Finally Demanding a Pivot to Real-Time Supply Chain Orchestration – by Mark Morgan, Kinaxis

Logistics Viewpoints

Scenario modeling, running what-if simulations to stress-test sourcing, pricing, and inventory decisions, has become a cornerstone of supply chain strategy. Mark manages Kinaxis sales teams in North America, EMEA and APAC, the global go-to-market & strategic operations team, global customer care and business consulting.

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How Volkswagen and Maersk Solved an Export Bottleneck with “Cars in Containers”

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As vehicle exports from Mexico to North America surged, Volkswagen Mexico found itself confronting a significant supply chain crisis. Capacity shortages, service unreliability, and inventory congestion threatened to disrupt VWs production flow and delivery commitments to U.S. and Canadian dealerships.

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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

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As the modelers gained skill and projects delivered savings, the firm modeled its most important regions—Europe and North America. Interestingly, the inventory analysis often shows that for slow-moving products, centralizing those SKUs in a central storage location increases reliability despite the increase in lead times.

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Beyond LTL & Truckload: The Expedite All Approach to Smaller Truck Solutions with Mike Ernst

The Logistics of Logistics

Meeting the Demands of Modern Supply Chains: The shift by retailers and ecommerce companies to carry less inventory and position it closer to customers for same-day and next-day delivery makes smaller truck solutions the ideal choice for efficient, agile inventory movement.

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OneRail’s Winning Strategy for Final Mile with Bill Catania

The Logistics of Logistics

Catania also founded digital coupon pioneer M-Dot Network, the first-of-its-kind retail POS-to-cloud transaction engine, powering the real-time redemption of digital coupons at grocery checkouts throughout North America. OneRail’s platform includes order management, inventory management, and real-time visibility.

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Infor and Kinaxis Launch Enterprise Planning Solution for Discrete Manufacturers

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Kinaxis Planning One for Infor CloudSuite incorporates demand, inventory, and supply planning in one view with powerful scenario management, enabling manufacturers to model different demand and supply scenarios and select the best plan based on revenue, cost, time, or sustainability drivers.