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

Logistics Bureau

From an inventory perspective then, service means maintaining an appropriate level of stock to meet your promises to your customers. Hence it’s critical to balance inventory levels and deployment strategy to meet availability and cost requirements. Too many nodes will result in excessive warehouse cost and inventory levels.

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Why is o9 Solutions Growing So Fast?

Logistics Viewpoints

Because supply chain planning is undergoing something of a technological revolution, this article will focus on o9’s technology and why their CEO believes it is differentiated. A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. Data is stored just like you might sketch ideas on a whiteboard.

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How to Mitigate Risk in Demand Driven Supply Chains

Logistics Bureau

In this article, we will discuss how your company might address three key risks that typically stop businesses from committing fully to demand driven supply chain management. Of the risks discussed in this article, this one is probably the toughest, and most complex to mitigate. ” – Mark Zuckerberg.

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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

Logistics Bureau

In an article about online retail that I published at the end of 2019, I highlighted Target’s click-and-mortar retail model, which, even then, was positioning the company as an ecommerce trend-setter. That was the question I considered in my 2019 article. Target Hitting the Mark With Fulfillment From Stores.

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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, we’ve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. To do so is a mistake because a successful and future-proof distribution network design will typically need to meet several objectives.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 14-18, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Here are more details from the article: In an email sent to shareholders last week and seen by The Loadstar, founder and chief executive Max Ward said the Hong Kong-based company had failed to raise enough capital to continue trading. The only remaining and responsible course of action is to proceed to liquidation.