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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

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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The Backorder, March 20 2024

Unleashed

In this issue: The latest in global supply chain news 5 secrets you can steal for better cash flow Growth advice from the founder of a healthy soda brand Job opportunities from Fujitsu, Tesla, and more In the supply chain headlines Manufacturing profit margins recovering. Get ruthless about technology.

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Faceless AI Will Not Relegate the Social Side of Business to the Past

MIT Supply Chain

Supply chain management is a people business and will remain that way even amid the rise of AI and automation. My previous blog post explains why the flexibility of human workers will play a critically important role in the automated workplace of the future. I use the structure of supply chains to illustrate the point.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

Andrew was the company’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across their end-to-end value chain. The multinational’s goal is to achieve net zero GHG emissions across their value chain by 2040. PepsiCo’s Internal Supply Chain. PepsiCo has an enormous and complex supply chain.

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Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification

ToolsGroup

But here, we’ll be talking about supply chain digital twins. A supply chain digital twin is a complete model of your supply chain that allows you to run what-if scenarios and determine the most efficient use of resources for fulfilling demand. Get the insights you need.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

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)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. million from 145.4