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This Week in Logistics News (October 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Retailers are racing to tap seasonal demand as they struggle to reduce bloated inventories, and they have little choice but to offer price cuts in stores and online to entice consumers who have been hammered by this year’s surge in inflation. Target’s weekly Black Friday deals have also started.

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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making.

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Accelerate Digitisation in the Supply Chain – Leveraging a Data-driven Approach to Optimisation – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Tracking the inventory and reorder point gives organizations complete control over their stocking policies is one of the many functions that it deploys. Their scalable solutions have proven to help companies reduce their logistics costs and optimize their supply chains.

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Checklist for working capital management

Supply Chain Movement

Working capital management revolves around inventory, debtors and creditors. 10 questions to assess working capital management. Some companies generate cash so quickly that they can even achieve negative working capital. Supply Chain Media and software vendor Slimstock have developed this checklist for working capital management. >>Please

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

Such a system enables those companies to fulfil orders flexibly by dispatching the goods from various inventory points (e.g. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories. Guadeloupe. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Holy See (Vatican City State).

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. A TMS with inventory allocation enables shippers to monitor shipments down to the package level. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. Guadeloupe.

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10 questions about the benefits of S&OP for your organisation

Supply Chain Movement

Supply Chain Media and consultancy firm Involvation have developed this checklist to provide insight into the added value and the potential of your current S&OP process. Anticipate. The added value of S&OP varies from one company to another. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. Guadeloupe.

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