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4 Important Benefits of a Sustainable Reverse Logistics Strategy

GlobalTranz

However, one of the most important aspects of supply chain strategies is often overlooked: the reverse supply chain (also referred to as reverse logistics ). A reverse logistics strategy provides a path for removing the existing equipment to make way for the next era of equipment in the case of end of life products or new upgrdes.

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The Growing Skills Gap & How Vocational Training Can Help to Shrink It

GlobalTranz

Unlike traditional, in-classroom education settings, vocational programs blend on-the-job learning opportunities with course credits and education. Vocational Training Blends On-the-Job Training With Education. Vocational Programs Encourage the Development of Apprenticeship Programs Among Youth.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

In July 2007, the price of natural gas rose to an astronomical $14 per MMBtu. Of course, not all manufacturers will return home since poorer countries will continue to have lower labor costs. At the same time, oil prices are not expected to fall so low as to cause a complete collapse of the investment in US oilfields. in 2015, 3.9%

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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The Path to Cost Reduction: Intel decided to try what was considered an unlikely supply chain strategy for the semiconductor industry: a true make-to-order scenario. In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have serious doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets.

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Will We See a Similar Downturn in the Market as We Did During the 2008 Shipping Crisis?

MTS Logistics

Since the beginning of that reform in 1978, world trade has increased in volume greatly, and China’s strategy to be the factory of the world changed the world’s view on production. Of course, with Covid-19 restricting ports all over the world to prevent things from getting out of hand, freight rates skyrocketed. Leaning From the Past.

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The Zara’s logistics process

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

They are characterized by the retail strategy of adapting products according to the trends dictated by the consumer in the fastest and most efficient way possible, replacing the traditional model in which designers dictated fashion. Un Modelo de Empresa Innovadora y Flexible: el caso Zara. Revista de Investigaciones Politicas y Sociológicas.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The Path to Cost Reduction: Intel decided to try what was considered an unlikely supply chain strategy for the semiconductor industry: make to order. In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. Procurement analysis. Inventory planning.