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

Logistics Viewpoints

In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. A Digital Supply Chain Transformation. VF also leverages Infor for production planning and Infor Nexus for supply chain visibility. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth. Conclusion.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The areas that will be deliberated in future articles are ocean shipping market landscape, freight procurement, reliability & visibility and the competitive landscape. We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico.

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Supply Chains Continue to Be Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered

Enterra Insights

Ryan explains, “Shipment delays were initially blamed on the global supply chain’s struggles to catch up to the resurgence in demand for consumer goods after production initially shut down with the pandemic’s emergence. In the U.S., The congestion has exhausted warehouse space and affected the trade-offs to trains and trucks.

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A Chat with Katie Kinraid

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Closed borders, quarantine restrictions and social distancing requirements for staff combined with an explosion in delivery demand from online retail sales made for a tough period of shipping delays and warehouse backlogs across the globe. But true agility relies on gaining real-time supply chain visibility.

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Overcoming the 5 Supply Chain Barriers that Threaten the Growth of Renewable Energy

CH Robinson Transportfolio

That includes anticipating every possible contingency to mitigate disruptions in shipping. Unpredictability in shipping. The majority of solar equipment manufacturers are in China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia. The majority of solar equipment manufacturers are in China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia.

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Mitigating the Impact of the Coronavirus on Supply Chains with Machine Learning and Real-Time Visibility

BlueYonder

Lucky are the companies that can shift production to other countries like Mexico or Vietnam. This is where real-time visibility, AI, and machine learning (ML) come into the picture. The third is exports to China. The collected data is also essential in helping to prepare for the next crisis.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

That will have a direct impact on the dynamics of global container shipping, airfreight and logistics networks. Our overall theme for industry and global supply chains for 2023 is a Year of Adaptation, Realignment and Response to Economic and Geopolitical Forces. Overall Themes for the Year 2023.