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Warehousing News Roundup: April 22, 2019

Stord

The use of predictive analytics in supply chain operations rose by 76% from 2017 to 2019 , according to survey data. Trade Representative’s office recently proposed $11 billion in tariffs on goods from the EU, which may cause shippers to try to move inventory to the U.S. before any new legislation can go into effect. Let us know !

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Reflections on Hard Hats and Safety Shoes…

Supply Chain Shaman

As I work with teams to envision the new tomorrow, I find fewer people know the basic concepts of manufacturing planning–cycle inventories, freeze duration, slush period, bottlenecks and constraints. And, the service supply chain can be redesigned to have less inventory and more uptime. I live in West Virginia. Medical Device.

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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

When I was a small child growing up in the mountains of West Virginia in the United States, on snowy days, my family would gather around the kitchen table and play board games. In the survey, 28% of the supply chain disruptions led to reporting balance sheet impacts. Focus on Multi-Tier Inventory Management. This is significant.

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Warehousing News Roundup: February 18, 2019

Stord

The Port of Virginia recently renovated some of its terminals, elevating electrical equipment off the ground and moving servers further back from the waterline. Ocado is currently working on warehouse projects in Europe and the United States (including a contract with Kroger).

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. A recent Journal of Commerce survey found more than 65 percent of shippers surveyed said they planned to ship less cargo through U.S. Standoff to Affect the Supply Chain?

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. A recent Journal of Commerce survey found more than 65 percent of shippers surveyed said they planned to ship less cargo through U.S. Standoff to Affect the Supply Chain?

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Digitized Procurement: Your Setting-off Point to Autonomy

Jaggaer

Gartner wrote in the same report: Seventy-five percent of application software vendor CEOs who participated in Gartner’s Tech and Service Provider CEO Survey indicated the intent to incorporate AI into their products by 2020. True, most had every intention of investing in AI. This is up from 39% in 2017.