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Cycle Inventory in Supply Chain Management

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Well, reading through logistics article, I found my answer! The term Cycle Inventory is used to define the average inventory in a supply chain due to either production or purchases in lot sizes that are larger than those demanded by the customer. Otherwise, why couldn’t we order the exact quantity to match the customer demand?

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Mobilisation in the Information Technology Era

Logistics in War

This is the exciting world of three-D printing where production batch sizes can be small or on-demand without impacting production efficiency. This article was originally published at ‘The Forge’ and is done so here with permission. . He is the author of the book Grand Strategy.

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How To Survive The Decline in Warehousing Capacity

Blue Grace Logistics

What’s covered in this article: Capacity and labor shortages. Batch Size and JIT. Manufacturers have also shifted to running smaller batches with adjusted schedules to meet the ever-changing demand. The impacts of consumption shifts on the supply chain. Technological platforms for warehouse management.