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No Balloons Needed: Practical Moves to Navigate Tariff Volatility

Logistics Viewpoints

Instead of broad, theoretical solutions, we need to go deeper and identify the tangible levers companies can pull to adapt. Diversify customer base outside of United States to avoid tariffs on broader sales base. About the author Matt Hoffman is the Vice President of Product and Industry Solutions at John Galt Solutions.

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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

Myers Industries Implements John Galt Solutions. Myers Industries (NYSE: MYE) is headquartered in Akron, Ohio in the United States. They also are also one of the largest distributor in the US of tools, equipment and supplies for the tire and wheel service industry. Supply chain planning is not just for the big boys.

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Battered by Fierce Winds. Will E2open Survive?

Supply Chain Shaman

This month, in an unprecedented move, the United States National Park Service bought two homes for $700,000 to tear down and return the area to public beach. This notice of the Rodanthe house purchase by the National Park Service was listed in my news feed above an article that Elliott Management Partners announced a confirmed 13.8%

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China Announces Export Controls on Five Critical Minerals

Exiger Perspectives

Mineral Uses Tungsten Artillery shells, armor plating, cutting tools, engine parts, airplane balancing weights. Following the announcement, prices for gallium and germanium surged, with gallium prices increasing by nearly 20% in the United States and Europe. It is not clear whether U.S. defense and technology.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The Failure of Existing Demand Planning Solutions. During the pandemic, supply chain leaders turned off their demand planning solutions. Also, the solutions lacked flexibility. No company interviewed was able to successfully use their current what-if solutions to model pandemic impacts. Lessons Learned. The reason?

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The Fallacy of the Self-driving Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

As a developer working on the braking software of an automatic car for the past eight years, he constantly tells me that it is not easy, and all of the estimates are too waaaay too positive. Accept that existing advanced planning solutions (APS) are not sufficient. Happy thanksgiving to those in the United States.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, increased volume in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. The average purchase order changes 3-4X before shipment.