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This Week in Logistics News (June 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

In Pakistan, the mango crop is expected to be at least 50 per cent what it usually is thanks to similar soaring temperatures and water shortages. Target expects squeezed profits from aggressive plan to get rid of unwanted inventory. billion of inventory as of April 30, the end of the fiscal first quarter.

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Supply Chain Management in Apparel Industry

SCMDOJO

Countries, especially in South Asia, like China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, etc., This reduces the cost of keeping the inventory that would not sell. The pull supply chain network might work for people who are interested in minimizing costs and inventory space. Inventory Management. Human Rights Violations.

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Three Benefits of a Resilient Supply Chain

Oracle SCM

This disruption can be responsible for events as disparate seeming as deep freezes in the UK , record snowfalls in the US , drought in the Amazon, and floods in Pakistan. When La Niña threatens the ability to source material, manage operations and inventory, or transport it, it becomes a supply chain problem.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Here are some details from the press release: Opened on July 1st, the new distribution center in JAFZA serves a region encompassing a 2000-mile radius around Dubai, including countries in the midst of building their technology and communication infrastructures such as Pakistan, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. NAFTA trade reached $96.5

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What If Your Supply Chain Had A Control Tower?

Freightos

The following article was contributed by Batool Iqbal, from Damco Pakistan – a subsidiary of Ap-Moller Maersk Group. The idea of a supply chain control tower emerged in 1990’s, triggered by the need to view and control the movement of goods in factories, distribution centers and pipeline inventories.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Dr. Muddassir Ahmed!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Originally from Pakistan/UK, I currently live in Dubai, where I serves as Founder and CEO of SCMDOJO. Before that I worked as Planning and Operations Manager for Bridgestone , Middle East, Africa, Pakistan & Afghanistan for 4 years. All of this meant better customer service performance, with less inventory and quicker lead time.

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Accelerate Digitisation in the Supply Chain – Leveraging a Data-driven Approach to Optimisation – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Tracking the inventory and reorder point gives organizations complete control over their stocking policies is one of the many functions that it deploys. Their scalable solutions have proven to help companies reduce their logistics costs and optimize their supply chains.