Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases. Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Petco takes back dead fish,” Demer said.

Reverse Logistics 75

Reverse Logistics Purchasing Skills Logistics Network Optimization Software Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 75

AFFLINK

MAY 17, 2017

Working out of a single Beverly Hills office and six regional affiliates, the chain’s procurement system deals with suppliers that then negotiate warehousing and delivery. In 2015, 20 of the United States’ most popular restaurant chains received F grades on their food supply chains because they used antibiotics in their products.

Optimal Sourcing 48

Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Vendor Strategies 48

3PL Insights

MARCH 10, 2017

‘Make America Great Again’ was Donald Trump’s election slogan, and nowhere in the United States did that phrase ring truer than in the city of Detroit. Unlike US cities of a similar size, such as Washington, Boston and Las Vegas, Detroit has long suffered from a lack of real landmarks and tourist attractions.

Detroit 58

Detroit Las Vegas San Francisco Washington 58

Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Tom Kool, Head of Operations at Oilprice.com, explains, “It wasn’t until the Industrial Revolution in Britain, which began in the middle of the 18th century, that coal and later oil and natural gas became key energy sources for the industry and households in the UK and overseas. That steam engine was powered with coal.”[4]

Cost Reduction Strategies 130

Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Optimal Sourcing Modeling 130