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COVID Has Fundamentally Changed the Profession of Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

The toilet paper shortage was one of the COVID era events that taught people what the term “supply chain management” meant. The changes to the profession of supply chain management are dramatic. Firstly, the term “supply chain management” was not in general use before COVID.

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Top 10 Practical Supply Chain Management Tips for Businesses

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Image source: Shipbob | Top 10 Practical Supply Chain Management Tips for Businesses Effective supply chain management becomes an increasingly important sector full of strategic opportunities and difficulties in an increasingly dynamic and complicated network. requires this cooperative integration.

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Megatrends Reshaping Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

When a company has proliferating stock keeping units created through traditional manufacturing, the supply chain becomes much more complex. Many companies still struggle to achieve segmentation strategies. When it comes to robotics and supply chain management, the biggest question is when are we going to have autonomous trucks?

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How manufacturers and distributors can address supply chain management challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The supply chain management uncertainty in the post-COVID world shows no signs of letting up. With current conditions, it looks like there may never be a return to the pre-pandemic era of supply chain stability. How Supply Chain Management is changing.

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Inside the Shipper Mind with Jim Bierfeldt

The Logistics of Logistics

He ran marketing for a large 3PL before launching his own marketing agency, Logistics Marketing Advisors, which focuses exclusively on providing marketing strategy and services to logistics businesses. They have been featured in leading industry publications such as Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management Review, and FreightWaves.

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Importance of Weather Insights in Supply Chain Management

Carter Logistics

Importance of Weather Insights in Supply Chain Management. According to a report* by UCL Hazard Research Center, there were 16 weather-related events in 2017 in the United States alone that cost one billion dollars each. This creates opportunities for supply chain companies to make decisions informed by weather insights.

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Four Essential Supply Chain Management Tools

CLX Logistics

Every day, global supply chains increase in size and complexity as customer demands endlessly rise. To meet these demands, shippers need the right supply chain management tools with the flexibility to grow and scale as needed. Shipping Management. Demand Forecasting Tools.