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

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

.”[1] For all practical purposes, the last mile begins when products arrive at the warehouse, which has sparked great interest warehouse space. … An increase in online shopping has furthered the trend, creating greater demand for warehouses to hold ordered items. Footnotes. [1] What’s Next?

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

.”[1] For all practical purposes, the last mile begins when products arrive at the warehouse, which has sparked great interest warehouse space. … An increase in online shopping has furthered the trend, creating greater demand for warehouses to hold ordered items. Footnotes. [1] What’s Next?

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040. EGO – the enemy of outstanding leadership.

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Top 5 Aerospace Supply Chain Disruptions of 2023

Resilinc

This exclusive data comes from EventWatch AI , Resilinc’s 24/7 AI-powered, global event monitoring platform, which collects information and monitors news on 400 different types of disruptions across 104 million global sources. The fire started when a small piece of Styrofoam the company manufacturers caught fire in an oven.

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The Impact of the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

Howard Yu ( @HowardHYu ), the LEGO professor of management and innovation at the IMD business school in Switzerland, bluntly states, “No industry is failing faster than retail. To succeed, retailers and manufacturers need to understand what consumers want, how they want to purchase it, and where they want to accept delivery.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Wolfgang Lehmacher!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In 1996, I was promoted Country General Manager Switzerland. I was Country Manager Switzerland at TNT when the company was bought by KPN. In 2012, Amazon bought KIVA Systems, a maker of robots that service warehouses which kicked off the boom of warehouse automation. The main push comes from manufacturers and brands.