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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Is supply chain inventory the problem?

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60% of Warehouse Leaders Plan to Deploy RFID by 2028

Logistics Business Magazine

Zebra Technologies Corporation today released the findings of its 2023 Global Warehousing Study, which confirmed 58% of warehouse decision-makers plan to deploy radio frequency identification (RFID) technology by 2028 which will help increase inventory visibility and reduce out-of-stocks.

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How To Reposition Inventory to Better Respond To Natural Disasters

Camelot 3PL Software

But it is possible to reposition inventory to better respond to such events. When inventory has been pre-positioned in readiness for disasters, it can support the third-party organizations that respond and assist communities. It may be impossible to ensure your business or organization is entirely natural disaster-proof.

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What are the true causes of ongoing supply chain disruptions?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

There are many causes, for example, container ships from Asia are now too large to traverse the Panama Canal (20 years ago they were not), so they offload on the West Coast of the United States and are compelled to truck all goods to the East Coast. Hence our surprise at the findings of the global survey above. .

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. This example illustrates why supply chain visibility isn’t enough.

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Cardinal Health’s Perfect Implementation

Logistics Viewpoints

If you are implementing a warehouse management system, for example, you scan something, you put it away, you store items, you replenish, you build pallets. Companies typically expect that inventory levels will drop and service levels improve at the end of the first month. This is the penultimate example of leadership commitment.

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Email Tips for Ecommerce Businesses

Ship Monk

We’d go so far as to say that these loyal fans are your most precious business asset — more valuable, even, than your inventory — and that’s saying something, coming from a 3PL that stores inventory! Email vs. Other Forms of Communication For many years, email has been the gold standard of communication tools for DTC businesses.