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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. VF also leverages Infor for production planning and Infor Nexus for supply chain visibility. To improve efficiency, they have begun to install warehouse robots from Locus robotics in North America and Europe. That was too slow and inefficient.

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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. At the same time, the collected data helps us to prepare for a similar crisis in the future.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

While China is less popular than it once was as a destination for outsourced manufacturing, you can still find partners there that will save you money on manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and other labor-intensive parts of your supply chain.

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Supply Chain Disruptions Are New Opportunities – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It even took authorities some time to recognise the vital importance of warehouse logistics, supply chain continuity, truck drivers and other transport operators. SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION—Respond, Recover and Regrow. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – October/November 2020. FTAs and Trade Flows.

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What is the Biggest Blind Spot in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

In countless surveys over the past decade, manufacturers and retailers rank “improving supply chain visibility” as one of their top priorities. Yet, despite their focus on this effort and advancements in technology, achieving timely, accurate, and complete supply chain visibility remains an elusive goal for many companies.

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Supply Chains Continue to Be Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered

Enterra Insights

The congestion has exhausted warehouse space and affected the trade-offs to trains and trucks. Shortages of longshoreman, truck drivers and warehouse workers have also slowed the flow of goods. The uptick is due mostly to gaps in regulatory and process execution as well as a shortage of skilled labor in warehouses.”

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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.