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Cycle Inventory in Supply Chain Management

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

As we were studying logistics and supply chain, something occurred to me: why couldn’t we simply order a lot so that we have enough inventory for a long period of time? Well, reading through logistics article, I found my answer! Otherwise, why couldn’t we order the exact quantity to match the customer demand?

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Sustainability and due diligence laws force action

Logistics Business Magazine

The collaboration of companies with purchasing offices, suppliers, factories, testing laboratories, logistics service providers and distributors is becoming increasingly important. Studies show: One of the biggest challenges companies in industrialised countries currently face is a shortage of workers.

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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. With the fourth industrial revolution, units in the field, at sea or when deployed to distant bases could print their own spares, becoming semi-independent of the logistics supply chain.