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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. The company works with 13 ocean carriers and 7 air carriers. We will manage by exception only.

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Cross Docking 101: What, Why and How? [with case studies]

Unleashed

This removes the ‘storage’ element of warehousing logistics, and saves on costs, warehousing space, time and labour. In a cross docking system, goods are not stored onsite – making it different from warehousing Cross docking vs warehousing – what’s the difference? Why is cross docking used?

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Patient-centric networks at the heart of pharmaceutical supply chain management: Lessons from LogiPharma Europe 2018

Kinaxis

In early April I attended the LogiPharma Europe 2018 conference in Montreux, Switzerland, an event that attracted more than 800 attendees, including practitioners and executives from pharma and medical device industries, along with software vendors and many service providers. Concurrent planning breaking down silos.

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An Interview with Michael Hutzli, Engineering

Alloy

Before joining Alloy a bit over three years ago, he worked as a software engineer at Addepar in Mountain View and at AdNovum in Zurich, Switzerland. For example, it enables companies to improve their planning, so they can reduce warehouse space requirements, shipping volumes, and product spoilage and waste.

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German Hypermarket Chain ‘real’ Launches Forecasting and Replenishment Project with RELEX

RELEX Solutions

Retailer and Unified Retail Planning specialist aim to optimize and automate hypermarket’s forecasting and replenishment for warehouses and stores. RELEX offers an automated system for integrated forecasting and ordering for our stores and warehouses,” explains Wolfram Jütz, Head of the SCM department at ‘real’.

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Logistics & Supply Chain News Roundup, January 2023

Logistics Bureau

In any typical year, companies around the globe must factor the New Year shutdown into their inventory management plans. That means companies in the industry, like seafood importers, must maintain higher inventory levels inside expensive cold storage facilities for lengthier periods than ever before.

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The Impact of the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

Many retailers are struggling to deliver on this expectation.”[1] ”[1] Empty malls and struggling brick-and-mortar retailers also bear stark witness to the impact of the digital path to purchase. This consumer flexibility has resulted in a corresponding retailer flexibility. ”[2]. ”[2].