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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

Insufficient materials to meet customer demand. The ongoing chip crisis since last year affecting 100+ industries is the best example: supply couldn’t meet the increased demand, which led to rising prices and shortages in computers, cars, and pretty much any other electronics product with chips.

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Continuing Education For Licensed Customs Brokers

MTS Logistics

CBP will allow customs brokers to complete fewer than 36 hours to meet the requirement for the initial 2024-2027 triennial status period. Individual brokers will likely find that many education activities currently pursued will likely meet the continuing education requirements.

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Top courses to upskill manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The manufacturing workforce is expected to acquire the necessary skills to be able to solve problems and meet customer expectations. Investing in an ERP system and other business systems is an expensive exercise and by not investing resources into training and education, manufacturers will not get the full return on investment.

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Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach

Logistics Bureau

The person who gave the presentation I attended offered the example of a speech by late US President John F. As I explain in a YouTube video on this subject, I recently saw a good example of how a BHAG can galvanise a workforce and make a dramatic impact on productivity. For example, their increase in productivity was 217 percent.

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Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement

Logistics Bureau

For example, you might use simple observation to identify visible defects at goods-in, or you could make your analysis a bit deeper by testing a percentage of items received from the supplier. For example, every purchase order costs money to raise and process, as does every invoice. Supplier Defect Rate.

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Consumer Packaged Goods: How CPG Shipping Works

GoShip Blog

Some examples of CPGs are personal hygiene products, food, beverages, and cosmetics. These types of goods are also meant to be consumed almost immediately, so CPGs are usually shipped in massive quantities to meet the consumer’s demands. Examples of goods under this category are shoes, dresses, cars, jewelry, and perfumes.

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Sales Saboteur with Ann Holm

The Logistics of Logistics

The strategies there to help us meet the three basic needs of independence, acceptance, and security by asserting, earning, or avoiding. [06:19] You may have difficulty, for example, letting go of a contract that’s not working for you anymore. There are exercises you can do to work on them. [29:12]