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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

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Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Because switching from JIT to JIC is at best only a tool to address short-term problems and risk. Why tell this story?

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

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Dublin-based Evocco lets you track, improve, and offset the climate impact of your food purchases based on your receipt. As I mentioned earlier this week, Amazon is continuing its course of supply chain innovation. But for consumers, it is often difficult to measure the climate impact of what we eat.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 3)

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Top gift purchases over the weekend included clothing and, toys, gift cards / certificates, books / music / movies / video games, and electronics. Mexican regulators have approved Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion plan to acquire Kansas City Southern and create a railroad linking Mexico, Canada, and the United States.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 19 – 25)

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George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hit a home run in the ninth inning of a game to give his team a last inning lead against the New York Yankees. Ahold Delhaize USA Ramps Up Supply Chain Transformation. Perhaps most impressive is the range of technology that is being deployed to support this digital transformation.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 22 – 28)

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E2open to acquire BluJay Solutions. Gorillas plans to make its US grocery delivery debut in New York City. Kroger kicks off Florida delivery solution at Pride. Kansas City Southern agrees to US$30B CN Rail deal. The parade was used to launch the company’s newly available grocery delivery in parts of the city.