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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

The cheese on the puffs stains my hands like I feel that mis-guided past practices have indelibly colored supply chain practices. In most value networks, downstream partners have progressively pushed costs and waste backwards in the extended supply chain. Supply chain planning is all about better math and modeling.

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RLA Inaugural Startup Pitch Contest

Cathy Roberson

An interesting finding in the NRF and Appriss survey is that Buy online, return in-store (BORIS) return fraud is expected to be 48% higher than fraud in returns to non-store locations, which is “potentially spotlighting an area to further streamline data and process protocols when multichannel return processes are present.”

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This Week in Logistics News (November 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Ok, enough about concrete; let’s move on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Majority of small fleets yet to comply with ELD mandate (CCJ). Self-operating shuttle bus crashes after Las Vegas launch (SFGate). Elemica Delivers Predictive Visibility to Global Industrial Supply Chains.

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FOCUS 2016: That’s a Wrap!

BlueYonder

More than 2,000 attendees traveled to the Gaylord Opryland resort to get the latest insights from thought leaders and key players across supply chain management to help them deliver the “Seamless Customer Experience.”. Kevin O’Marah, Chief Content Officer from SCM World, added a higher-level view in Supply Chains Save the World 2.0.

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FOCUS 2016: That’s a Wrap!

BlueYonder

More than 2,000 attendees traveled to the Gaylord Opryland resort to get the latest insights from thought leaders and key players across supply chain management to help them deliver the “Seamless Customer Experience.”. Kevin O’Marah, Chief Content Officer from SCM World, added a higher-level view in Supply Chains Save the World 2.0.

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Getting Smarter About Logistics and Sustainability

BlueYonder

In Blue Yonder’s recent 2023 Supply Chain Executive Survey , 84% of respondents reported that their companies have increased or maintained their sustainability efforts, while 43% plan to further increase the sustainability of their upstream operations. Improved sustainability is directly linked to logistics optimization.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

Congratulations to the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Denver Nuggets. The data also signaled that supply chain leaders expect ongoing increases in operating costs, as 6 in 10 respondents expect operating costs to be 10 percent to 20 percent higher this year than in past years. And now on to this week’s logistics news.