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Industry View: DCs Rise to Meet Unprecedented Challenges

Logistics Business Magazine

Pressing needs and panic buying have created the equivalent to peak season demand in many industries. Of course, businesses normally know when their peak season will occur and they plan for it. The post Industry View: DCs Rise to Meet Unprecedented Challenges appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. Autoliv is the world’s largest safety system supplier in automotive industry. Autoliv is the largest supplier of safety systems to the automotive industry.

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KPIs to assist manufacturers and distributors with supply chain challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Industries experienced severe operational and financial consequences with issues like supply shortages, supply and demand surges, inventory shortfalls and reduced productivity. Another methodology is the Porter’s Value Chain Framework, which comprises of inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, sales, and service.

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Roadcheck Week is Coming: May 4-6

Blue Grace Logistics

During Roadcheck week, the Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) drops precipitously, causing a shortage in both transportation volume as well as fluctuations in available capacity. The only other times during the course of the year it has been lower was over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

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Hanging in the balance

Automotive Logistics

The big questions now are whether the current downward trend will last and if new approaches in the outbound logistics segment can help support the domestic finished vehicle industry. . up on the previous year, according to the Polish Automotive Industry Association. In 2017, Poland produced 689,700 finished vehicles, 1.2%

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Retail disruption and K-shaped recovery highlight importance of freight data

FreightWaves SONAR

The pandemic has sent the retail industry on a K-shaped trajectory — the final straw that has sent many retail chains into bankruptcy while also contributing to a surge in sales for many of the leading chains. Those challenges and others have put pressure on retailers to build omnichannel offerings that “meet customers where they are.”

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. If you want business success (and who doesn’t?),