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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

While conditions have eased in North America, port congestion has gotten much worse in China. China’s stringent COVID lockdown in critical port cities has impacted global supply chains. Is this the visibility shippers so desperately need? China accounts for about 12% of global trade.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Achieving Agility with Regional Supply Chains. VF sources many US bound items in Central America; the woeful performance at US ports is still a problem. The company works with 13 ocean carriers and 7 air carriers.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

While I think this through, here are the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon to Launch Delivery Service That Would Vie With FedEx, UPS (WSJ – sub. Infor and Integration Point Partner to Create Comprehensive, Network-based Global Trade Management Solution.

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Supply Chains in Recovery Mode: Forcing C-Level Focus on Digitally Transforming Their Supply Chains for 2022 and Beyond

BlueYonder

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades.

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Digital Transformation: Why It’s Not an “Easy Button”

Talking Logistics

It would be nice if you could just press an “easy button” to be digitally transformed and have all of the supply chain visibility you need, but the reality is that there are many factors that go into making digital transformation a reality. The problem is they don’t have the data to effectively feed those BI tools.”.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain. To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing.

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Marion Kohlmeier: ‘Expansion in our global footprint has been a big step’

Supply Chain Movement

Nine questions about the topics on the supply chain agenda of a supply chain professional. In this edition: Marion Kohlmeier, Head of supply chain planning and project purchasing at Weidmann Plastics Technology. What is your responsibility regarding the supply chain?