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The State of Your Supply Chain Affects the Level of Your Inventory 

Blue Grace Logistics

The right inventory, at the right time, at the right point in the supply chain is crucial for the success of the business. For example, the shortage of raw material at the factory will affect production. Carrying cost is the cost incurred to store, handle, and maintain inventory at every stage in the supply chain.

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Fashion Transparency: China to Germany

Logistics Business Magazine

The Chinese manufacturer under German management collaborates via the SCM software OSCA with the fashion specialist to bring transparency into the supply chain. Schöffel, for example, awarded the company “Supplier of the Year” in 2016 and 2018. The now 73-year-old chairman is no stranger to the industry either.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] Of all the ‘pillars’ of the national support strategy, the most consequential was the issue of mobilisation.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

for example, compared to shipping state-to-state. Supply chain risks are reduced. For example, Chinese wages have increased 320% since 2000. Overall, from 2001 to 2008 average Asian wages increased 7.1-7.8%, Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S.,

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Did You Know That …. Significance.

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The 5 Benefits of Virtual Reality in Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers can see what’s going on, review how workers’ responsibilities could be changed, and determine if the changes would save the manufacturer money, a key point in a 2001 publication on virtual reality. For example, QA applications of virtual reality may include periodic review of products as they’re being created.

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The Mind-Boggling Complexities of Food Distribution (Why Optimization is Critical)

Talking Logistics

It is also my go-to example when I try to explain supply chain and logistics to my kids. “Do Take one of the questions above, for example: Can a single truck deliver multiple types of food products together or do they get delivered via separate trucks? How does the store know how much to order?