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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. While many old-fashioned supply chain leaders speak of Risk Management and the need for Control Towers.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

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Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. Today, there are many top 3PL warehousing companies that handle warehousing, fulfillment, logistics and distribution services for companies of all sizes. Revenue: €63.3 billion/$72.43 Smith 4.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

The pharmacy recently closed a warehouse in Edwardsville, Ill., Supply chain problems, towering global demands for weapons and the need to work with allies to get it all done means that the America First movement should wait. But the defense industry — the beneficiary of the movement — says now is the wrong time.

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AGCO: Driving a Digital Manufacturing Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

Peggy was a speaker at the Supply Chain Global Summit. While many employers would have penalized the employees for tablet breakage , Peggy explored the world of wearables to enable her digital manufacturing transformation. To solve these problems, AGCO partnered with Proceedix to develop an application for manufacturing.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Home Depot is undergoing a $500 million cost savings push that will see the company reduce its supply chain holding capacity, EVP and CFO Richard McPhail said during a June 13 investor and analyst conference. percent) and transportation and warehousing (5.3 percent), manufacturing (4.5 workforce, based on more than 6.3

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Biden’s Opportunity to Shine with Better Vaccine Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

This perspective, which is very much a supply chain perspective, would allocate the vaccines to where the need is the highest. manufacturing for protective gear. But the Philadelphia Inquirer argues we need to go further. A core concept of supply chain management is that holistic optimization trumps local optimization.

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Wanted: Supply Chain Architects!

Supply Chain Shaman

Let me start with a true confession: I am a manufacturing gal. I relished the sound of a manufacturing line when I opened the door of the factory in the morning, and I liked managing inputs so that we could maximize outputs. Manufacturing is the foundation of my interest in supply chain management. Let me explain.