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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

While this is not exactly the best news to hear, it’s time to move on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart in the news: Walmart, suppliers continue sustainability collaboration. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 4 – 10)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. Turkish port “Iskenderun” severely damaged Gap and Ware2Go offer SMB Fulfillment Services McCormick to cut supply chain workforce GM Signs exclusive deal with GlobalFoundries January 2023 Logistics Manager’s Index up 3.0 The Logistics Managers’ Index came in at 57.6

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

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But, more commonly there are downside surprises: customers lower the volume they want on an order, delay their order, there are manufacturing problems, logistics problems, staffing issues, to name the most obvious downside risks. The network supports downstream channel partners, upstream supply partners, and logistics partners.

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Managing Logistics for The World’s Largest Company with Gary Sostack

The Logistics of Logistics

I grew up in New York and graduated from the New York Institute of Technology. While putting myself through school, I got a part-time job at JFK airport which opened my eyes to logistics. Right out of college, I worked at a logistics company in Atlanta. The expected metrics were part of the contract.

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Infor’s Strategy for Differentiation

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Infor held an Innovation Summit at their headquarters in New York City on March 18 th and 19 th. The software architecture allows the value to be measured and those metrics are visible to the customer and the Infor success team. We don’t care if they are solved with new technologies or old technologies.

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The New Reality of Amazon FBA with Ephraim Ausch

The Logistics of Logistics

Ephraim Ausch is the Chief Logistics Officer at Tactical Logistics, an end-to-end provider of supply chain logistics services. Ephraim started his career at a bulk candy company that had retail locations in New York. About Tactical Logistic Solutions. Key Takeaways: The New Reality of Amazon FBA.

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Mitigate Supplier Risk with QAD SRM

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In many cases, this is no longer a business choice, but a business mandate with impending legislation like the German Supply Chain Act, EU Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the New York Fashion Sustainability Accountability Act. Examples of performance include quality metrics or logistics metrics.

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