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“Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste” – Key Insights from the Automotive Logistics

BlueYonder

Breaking Down Barriers Between Planning, Procurement and Logistics: The existence of isolated supply chains between procurement, planning, and logistics can lead to latency, reduced responsiveness, expedited processes, excess inventory, and substantial inefficiencies.

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Why Financial Reengineering Does Not Equal Supply Chain Improvement

Supply Chain Shaman

Financial reengineering focuses on the optimization of short-term results that are usually based on a functional analysis of source, make, or deliver. Few consultants understand the interrelationships between source, make and deliver. Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report.

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Another Peloton Supply Chain and Customer Service Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

In a reported effort to cut additional costs and increase needed cash flows, the provider announced intentions to cut upwards of 800 jobs within its North America support teams and eliminate its company operated warehouses. based manufacturing strategy, with a decision to source manufacturing at a CMS provider located in Taiwan.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Update- March 28 2024

Supply Chain Matters

This funding is reportedly contingent on preconditions which include a delayed filing of its 2023 annual report with regulators and continued negotiations with an established auto maker on a joint manufacturing agreement related to North America based production.

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Report from Food Marketing Institute Highlights CPG Logistics Challenges

Zipline Logistics

The study analyzed supply chain performance at manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers throughout 2020. It strained production functions and increased the need for trucking services, which led to falling performance metrics that rippled across organizations. Let’s explore some of those a bit more in-depth.

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Managing Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) For Future Growth

IQMS

Relying on a WMS, analytics, BI, mobile and real-time monitoring is decreasing costs associated with under-utilized inventories faster than expected while improving inventory visibility. WMS’ inflection point is also enabling a new era of real-time track-and-traceability performance not available before.

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The Benefits of IoT And Real Time Actionable Data

Gravity Supply Chain

It is an essential prerequisite that for a supply chain to operate effectively, complete visibility, traceability, and accountability must be in place. This research confirms that this is regardless of the fact such technology could have a broad and profound impact on the supply chain. end-to-end supply chain performance.