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5 Things You May Have Missed in Supply Chain News

BlueYonder

You can also catch the full rundown from our LinkedIn Live video. During the pandemic when no one was flying, the snacks were packaged for different uses and shipped elsewhere. What’s going on in Vietnam? Before July, COVID-19 wasn’t widespread in Vietnam, but since then, over 10,000 cases have been identified.

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Digitisation: Shifting Gears in 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Suddenly, digital tools, like video conferencing became mainstream. The creation of the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) and an increasing number of startup challenges, incubators etc. LogiSYM—Vietnam Digital 2020 – LogiSYM December/January 2021. But how deep is the change? marked the development.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

EMERGE App

In fact, China’s wages have been on the rise and fast-growing countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh are developing niches in footwear and clothing manufacturing as well. It offers a finely tuned supply chain, with experienced suppliers, that will design, prototype, build and ship products at a fraction of the time it takes elsewhere.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. It’s a lot more forward focused than our traditional view, in which we’re steering the ship by looking over our shoulder at the wake. That’s been a massive trend.

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The 18-month outlook points to recovery, albeit (semi)disrupted

Resilinc

To adapt to these disruptions, OEMs and retail chains are seeking to procure holiday goods earlier than usual—which is contributing to the shipping congestion. But major challenges from delta outbreaks in vital supplier nations such as Vietnam must be resolved with vaccination campaigns for consistent recovery in supply chain reliability.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. When customers order items not stocked at one of Belk’s fulfillment centers, those items are shipped directly from the vendor. Belk @belk With more than 300 department stores in 16 states throughout the Southern U.S.,