New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Source: Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. With inflation under 3% for most of the last few decades, most forward buying (also called investment buying) by wholesalers and retailers has in recent times been in response to promotional discounts offered by manufacturers. Introduction. Background on Forward Buying.

Purchasing Skills 52

Purchasing Skills Price Reduction Inventory Reduction Manufacturing Procurement 52

6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 96

NC State SCRC

JULY 13, 2019

According to NatureWorks, (the manufacturer of Ingeo materials used by StalkMarket), some of the key stakeholders in this success story were: Portland Trail Blazers – set out to reinforce their brand; set the goal of diverting 100% of the waste from the landfill; sought to win additional public support.

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Portland Waste Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Sustainability 40