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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. The two primary manufacturing sites are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Irmo, South Carolina. The answer? Late-stage assembly in the warehouses enables five-day delivery.

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8 Ways to Make Your Fulfillment Center Run More Efficiently

EazyStock

When she isn’t writing blog articles, she enjoys spending time in downtown Charleston, South Carolina and all the amazing food her hometown has to offer. Accurate inventory is foundational to success. Many of the biggest hurdles to fulfillment center efficiency start with inventory control issues.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

South Carolina is 11th after years as number one. As a consumer, let us say, you are given a choice between two identical iPhones—one that was made in China with Just-in-Time inventory management, and the second made in the U.S., Texas has dropped from 2nd in 2020 to 13th in 2021. Obviously, most will choose the cheaper iPhone.

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Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Unresolved labor issues in the Leathermen Terminal in Charleston South Carolina and contract negotiations for 22,000 dock workers in the ports of LA and Long Beach hang heavy. The Dollar stores are struggling with higher inventory levels, but are outperforming the sector. The list goes on and on. The answer? The how is tricky.

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Time for Value Chain 4.0?

Supply Chain Shaman

.” As I turned down my bed, amused by the coverage of the primary election results of South Carolina and Nevada on CNN. and thank South Carolina and promise to make America Great Again, I thought of the work of the German government on “Industrie 4.0.” Watching CNN in global travel is a bit comical.)

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August 2024 Freight Market Update

Stord

drop off in spot loads, a metric displaying the heat of the produce season leading up to the 4th of July holiday, aka the “peak of summer peak season”. This year has been a bit different as we saw upticks in import volume in June, leading to the thought of an inventory pull forward ahead of a potential Trump presidency.

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