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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have serious doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, with a considerable proportion of that growth achieved by way of acquisitions. Reduce cost to serve. plants to four.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, achieving a considerable portion of that growth by way of acquisitions. Reduce cost to serve. plants to four. Inventory planning.

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TikTok Recruiting Videos… Are You Missing Out?

Go Hire- Logistics

Jess runs the popular HR blog, Workology, which she started in 2007. She highlights TikTok as an underutilized yet powerful tool for recruitment marketing and great recruitment video. Why is TikTok becoming a worthwhile tool for recruitment? Why is TikTok becoming a worthwhile tool for recruitment?

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Trade tension tariff activity figures to be in effect for more than a while

247 Customs Broker

Take this sentiment from a New York Times report earlier this week, for example: “Unlike the first round of tariffs, which were intended to minimize the impact on American consumers, this wave could raise prices on everyday products including electronics, food, tools and housewares.” Ports, Airports and Global Infrastructure Group.

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Battling a perfect storm

Automotive Logistics

The port of Long Beach has since adopted it and the tool is available to other ports, according to Nagle. Michael D’Angelo, manager of port operations for Volkswagen Group of America. Q&A: Anu Goel, Volkswagen Group of America. ” – Anu Goel, Volkswagen Group of America. Trade wars.

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Talking Trade with World Shipping Council’s John Butler

247 Customs Broker

Groups representing carriers, ports, forwarders, NVOCCs and insurers all endorse proposed interpretive rule. There’s absolutely nothing unusual about that. That said, the block exemption regulation for consortia or VSAs (vessel sharing agreements) has proven to be an extremely useful tool for carriers.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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. Sheffi starts, for example, with the extreme pressures coming from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), notably Greenpeace, about which one environmentalist says “When Greenpeace reaches for its toolbox, it tends to find only one tool, and that’s a mallet.” And of course most can’t. U.S.