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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Without an efficient supply chain, a company can’t meet the demand that exists, and competitors swoop in and grab market share. The finished products are then ready to be shipped to big box retailers like Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart. They also ship to Amazon to support ecommerce sales. The timing was not great.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 30 – December 4, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Oz’s solutions address a number of pain points for e-commerce shippers by automating logistics and supply chain processes, including order fulfilment, inventory management/scanning, and shipping.

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Supply Chain Risk Management Highlighted by a Tiny Computer Chip

Enterra Insights

In the book — which is based on real-life technology, technical papers, and diplomatic meetings — national security and international relations expert Peter W. Singer suggests that Chinese-made microchips embedded in our appliances, devices, satellites, fighter jets, war ships, and tanks could turn against us.”[1]

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[INFOGRAPHIC] 6 Logistics Industry Trends Set to Transform 2016 & Beyond

GlobalTranz

Although logistics providers have been gradually switching towards sustainable efforts, such as the use of natural gas-powered vehicles, the push for sustainability in 2016 will exceed that of previous years, explains Jordan England-Nelson. Essentially, consumers will be able to get products faster.

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COVID-19 accelerates four trends and changes within global supply chains

Proxima

Many suppliers continue to rely on automation to ensure flexible supply chains and increased accuracy to help meet the demand from their buyers. Sales and revenues are great, but there needs to be real confidence that you’ll get 20-30% returns,” Jordan continued. Growth of automation. For some organizations it might be too late.”.

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FMCG Supply Chain: Famous Last Words

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Here are some “Famous Last Words” you may hear in your FMCG, Brewing or Pharma business meetings: CEO/Chairman: “This S&OP process works extremely well. HR Manager: “We run a happy ship, people are content and nobody useful ever leaves. Rarely is the term used with the expectation of good news to follow. I knew it would.”.

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FMCG: ERP’s – how will you cope when yours fails?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Yes I know, the recent blog posts have been a little Blog Gold meets Classic Blog with a touch of All Our Yesterdays and the History Channel but here is a fresh new offering. The usual rush to ship out the month-end peak of sales was in full flow when the ERP stopped issuing invoices.

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