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“Storage Wars” Rescues Supply Chain Ignominy

Kinaxis

When we moved to San Diego, we loved the weather, we loved the ocean sunsets and we loved getting rid of our parka coats, gloves, scarves and tossle caps. A secret that I could no longer keep hidden in San Diego. In San Diego, there’s no attics, no basements. by CJ Wehlage. That’s my ignominy.

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Supply Chains Are Still Constrained by Geography

Enterra Insights

” • Increase Inventories. “Third, companies could decide to hold excess inventory. A higher level of inventory would allow firms to better weather temporary supply shocks.” 6] San Diego State University, “ Despite digital revolution, distance still matters ,” ScienceDaily, 18 July 2018. [7]

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Körber Elevate 2024: Chart Your Course

Logistics Viewpoints

I am coming to you from the sunny confines of San Diego, CA where I am attending the 2024 Körber Elevate conference. Available to sell is the on-hand inventory minus any promised inventory. Available to promise is a reserve against incoming inventory.

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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, as the east coast of the United States was deluged with rain, I basked in beautiful San Diego sun while attending the Logimed USA event. As hospitals adopted consignment planning programs, inventory progress slowed. The shift of inventory without the sharing of data is a mistake. Companies are feeling pain.

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3 Lessons from Gold and Silver Pawn: This… is Supply Chain, This… is Pawn Stars

Kinaxis

by CJ Wehlage If you read my prior blog, “ Storage Wars rescues supply chain ignominy ”, you would have seen my garage after I moved from Boston to San Diego. And now, in San Diego, the only place to put it was the garage. Know your inventory, what needs to turn now, this week, this month, etc.

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4 Supply Chain Minds You Ought to Hear at Kinexions

Kinaxis

Benji Green, director of global sales, operations and inventory planning, Avaya. Session Title: “Accelerating Vision to Value: Integrating Supply Chain Operations” Avaya has been on a 4 year transformation to create a Best In Class supply chain with industry leading On Time Ship, Inventory Turns, and Expense to Revenue ratio.

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Kinaxis Kinexions ’22: Ready. Together.

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I attended Kinaxis Kinexions ’22 in San Diego, CA. An example would be a high-tech company with excess inventory determining how to move that inventory to maximize revenues. This was my first in-person event in over two years, and it did not disappoint.