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Qualcomm’s Answer to the Chip Shortage and Digital Transformation Strategy

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I was also able to interview Brent after his session to get a little more insight on how Qualcomm dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic, what it means for the semiconductor chip shortage, and where the company is going with its digital transformation strategy. As Covid spread, so too did factory closures.

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Encarna Invests in Hyundai and Expands Forklift Training Courses

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The investment forms part of the company’s strategy to expand its training portfolio to facilitate with the new CACES (certificate of safe driving skills) training reforms, which came into effect on 1 st January 2020. The post Encarna Invests in Hyundai and Expands Forklift Training Courses appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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COVID Has Fundamentally Changed the Profession of Supply Chain Management

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Labor management systems break the work down into very granular activities, set targets for doing those tasks in an allotted period of time, and measure how workers do against the time standards over the course of the day. But the difficulty in finding workers has becoming a huge challenge at many factories and warehouses.

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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

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Our three pillars (or fundamentals) of great supply chain management excellence are strategy, service, and cost. Aligning strategy, service, and financial factors in your supply chain operation is essential to support your company’s overall business strategy , mission, and objectives. The Importance of Alignment.

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

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To accomplish this, 10,000 supply chain associates worked with 450 global vendors who operate over 600 factories. Achieving agility with a strategy to sell goods in the same region they are produced in, “has never been more important,” Mr. Bailey exclaimed. That of course, works to VF’s advantage as well.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

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UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. cities over the course of the year, bringing the total number to 110. Soft demand in Europe and the US led to an overall decline of 7.5

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From Real-Time Visibility to Real-Time Decisions: Data’s Value Is Propagating Across Global Supply Chains

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That’s when you can course correct in any number of ways that make your business more efficient and your customers happier. And modern, API-first data strategies have vastly improved portability, ensuring data can be easily moved and shared between any cloud and any application. In other words, visibility is an enabler.