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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. planning offers an alternative to swinging the pendulum and as the strategy that provides the supply chain resilience leaders seek.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

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Breaking Supply Chain News- Panasonic Plans an Additional EV Battery Production Facility in the U.S.

Supply Chain Matters

Delivery van EV start-up Canoo , which negotiated a battery supply agreement with Panasonic has eventual plans to construct its U.S. Canoo recently announced an agreement with global retailer Walmart to supply nimble EV delivery vans for localized store based last mile delivery needs. EV production facilities.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , we provide highlights of two noteworthy supply chain management focused technology development efforts which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership.

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COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict Global Supply Chain News Capsule March 23 2022

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters March 23 rd edition of our COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule, we provide updates to ongoing industry supply chain developments and disruptions of concern to our reading audience. based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

We’ve all been talking about the looming supply chain talent shortage for quite some time. It is certainly an ambitious plan to close the talent gap; it’s also quite the fast track for recent college grads. The supply chain’s little-known weakest link: railroad workers. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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The Backorder, March 20 2024

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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. Houthi threat softened by pandemic prep.