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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. Our Rating: 4.9/5 Our Rating: 4.9/5

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Do You Want Real-time Visibility? IT is the Enemy

Logistics Viewpoints

Longbow Advantage had their first user conference in Nashville, Tennessee last week. Longbow Advantage’s main business has been doing warehouse management system (WMS) implementations. Here “near real-time” is defined as a refresh of key metrics every five minutes. WMS generates massive quantities of data.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

More than 70 percent of Toyota Motor Manufacturing , Alabama’s power will soon be generated by the sun. It is expected to generate 62,000 megawatt hours annually – reducing approximately 22,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year. Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

In this Q&A, Chaturvedi shares his views on rebuilding American manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, and other topics of the moment in supply chains. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing? The top countries that are investing in manufacturing sites in the U.S. That’s good news.

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Jumpstarting Your Journey Toward Digital Transformation in MRO for Manufacturers

RFgen

And when equipment breaks down unexpectedly, your manufacturing operation can be hemorrhaging money by the second. For manufacturers, it all comes down to the bottom line: If your machines are down, you’re not making product and you’re not making money. Digitizing technology is already making waves in MRO across the globe.

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SCRC Meeting – Tom Linton’s “Supply Chain Eight” and Golden Winged Warblers : Questions Every New CSCO Should Ask Their CEO

NC State SCRC

My first Monday in, I asked for a full report of all our supply chain metrics, and my analyst told me he could get it to me by Friday. The Pulse rooms are fed by data warehouses which pull together data from 94 different applications that are each being used to run data in different parts of the Flex organization.

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What Is On-Demand Logistics & How It Impacts Scalability

ShipBob

With high standards set around the ability to ship and delivery quickly, retailers need to prepare for unexpected events throughout the supply chain, whether it’s a manufacturing delay, transportation disruptions, or warehouse closure. . Warehousing and storage fees. On-demand warehousing. Lower fulfillment costs.