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Outside-in Process Q&A

Supply Chain Shaman

The company aligns channel requirements with available donors and successfully drives bi-directional orchestration programs to manage the reverse bill of materials (red cells and plasma) and demand-shaping campaigns to drive the right donors to the blood drives based on inventory levels. Analyze inventory health.

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We Are In Trouble. Raise the Red Flag. Be Proactive.

Supply Chain Shaman

China is at 74%, the United States tracks at 73%, Australia at 70%, and India at 42%. In Los Angeles, due to the trade deficit between the United States and China, 3.5 containers are received rom China for every container shipped. Impact of Global Shipping on On-time Deliveries. Making the Argument.

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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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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

Myers Industries (NYSE: MYE) is headquartered in Akron, Ohio in the United States. They source plastic pellets and then use injection, blow molding, rotational molding, and thermoforming to produce their finished products. Another contract manufacturer produces much smaller volumes for a different business unit in Fremont, CA.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year.

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COVID’s Supply Chain Ripples: the SME Business Perspective

Freightos

Then we were had to scramble figure that out because we could only fit a few hundred units in a container and a container cost around $20,000- $25,000. You can hear the full interview with Conor in our podcast series, Ship Happens. . Today, in Q4 of 2022, supply chain issues stemming from COVID-related shipping challenges have eased.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

In all, the acquisition will add more than 350 temperature-controlled vehicles and four million square feet to the UPS Healthcare global footprint, offering customers access to faster shipping times, greater production flexibility, and offerings to help them attract new business. Exports in the January-June period totaled 652.5 percent to 38.7