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Resilience by Design: The Power of Simulation in Supply Chain Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, Colorado should be serviced by the plant in Texas in certain months and by the California plant during others. The manufacturing capacity for each plant is the same (90K units per month), and there are no maximum inventory constraints. How will the solution be different for stochastic optimization VS a classic one?

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, and the Colorado River. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts. Why We Cannot Get Inventory Right.

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Global Supply Chain Volatility Continues to Moderate But Not Inventory and Warehousing Costs

Supply Chain Matters

The Logistics Managers Index Report® , compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a September value of 61.4,

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July’s Transportation and Logistics Index Provides Important Insights

Supply Chain Matters

Note: values of this index above 50 are indicative of an expansion of overall logistics industry activity levels ) The summary narrative communicated for July 2024 was indications of “ positive movements in the transportation market contrasting with a moderate contraction in inventories and slowing rates of expansion in the warehousing market.”

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Pet Food Experts Selects HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management

Herlitz Inventory Management

Pet Food Experts Selects HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management to Manage Daily Forecasting and Purchasing Solutions for its 4,500 Retail Partners in 34 States. Pet Food Experts signed with Herlitz Inventory Management to deliver more efficient and more profitable solutions for its forecasting and purchasing process.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Network Optimization: The Key to Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

To gain control over their costs and pricing, supply chain leaders must capitalize on the recent stabilization of production capacity and inventory levels. Through meticulous optimization, consumer packaged goods companies can curtail transportation expenses, minimize inventory holding costs, and reduce operational expenses.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S. Colorado also adopted the rule but will have a heavy duty truck provision begin in 2027. So, wish me luck in securing authentic University Blue Jordan IVs.