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Active Supply Chain Design: A Key Imperative for De Risking Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

The bullwhip effect is one example of this disruptive effect, when small changes in demand cause huge demand spikes downstream. Table 1 describes a few examples of these types of risks. Examples of disruptive risks are suppliers going out of business or shipwrecks that result in the loss of cargo containers.

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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, we’ve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It’s not a short list, so we’ll set it down here as a summary to help you with plans for analysis.

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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

A prime example is how governments in the Middle East have begun to rethink food security targets after the disruptions to their food supply chains. For example: poor quality, high costs, high lead time, supplier communication. For example: high or low product demand, excess inventory holding, product distribution.

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The Cost to Serve Bangkok Customers… And Why it Matters

Logistics Bureau

In fact, the information in this article is just as useful to logistics providers, especially those that have not completed their own CTS analysis. If your company’s distribution network covers any location within Thailand’s borders, a CTS analysis will reveal a lot about how your supply chain is affecting revenue and profit.

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How Fleet Management Professionals Can Leverage IoT Technology

IoT World Today

As a sensor node can be attached to nearly anything in a vehicle that a manager wants to keep track of, nearly any type of data can be collected. One of the successful examples of preventive analysis systems developed for the fleet is Predixion Insight fr om Intel. Streamline Delivery Management.

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How is Your Supply Chain Positioned for the Ocean Carrier Mergers?

Talking Logistics

For example, XPO Logistics is still trying to digest the Con-Way and Norbert Denstressangle acquisitions from the last few years, while FedEx and UPS continue to expand their service offerings to compete more with freight forwarders, further blurring the lines between asset and non-asset based carrier service offerings.

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The Future of Ocean Data Sharing and Visibility

Talking Logistics

The ability to connect the dots between the nodes in that ecosystem is the next step forward in visibility. Andrew says companies are feeding the data into their TMS applications for analysis. It’s hard to do that with EDI because you have to wait for someone to send you that information. Leveraging improved ocean visibility.

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