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Stop Relying on Excess Inventory as an Insurance Policy

For some supply chain managers, the upheavals of recent years have justified their entrenched approach of relying on excess inventory as an insurance policy. They’ve learned the hard way that old methods don’t cut it anymore.

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Five Key Challenges to Aligning Capacity and Demand

Aligning capacity with demand isn’t just central to competitive advantage going forward, but in many cases to survival in an emerging post-COVID environment.

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Five Essential Things to Consider when Optimizing Your Supply Network

In a world of constrained supply, manufacturers and suppliers are challenged to manage risk by balancing inventory availability and working capital commitments. Here are five factors to consider when embarking on the effort to optimize supply networks.

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Supply-Chain Tech Startup Noodle.ai Gets Fresh Corporate Backing

Logistics technology startups are getting attention, and financial backing, from some tech sector heavyweights.

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Podcast | The Unfashionable Supply Chain of the Fashion Industry

If only the fashion industry were as up-to-date with its supply chain as it is with consumer trends in apparel.

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No Time for Final-Mile Complacency

Congestion and inflation appear to be easing and schedule reliability has improved, but market signals suggest more of a lull in the current supply chain chaos than an end in sight.

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Ian’s Aftermath Even Harder to Fix With Supply Chain in Tatters

The difficult job of rebuilding communities pummeled by Hurricane Ian is expected to be made even worse by a problem that’s lingered since the early days of the pandemic: snarled supply chains.

A flooded trailer park following Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Hurricane Ian, one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the U.S., weakened to a tropical storm but continues to dump rain on the state as it makes its way up the U.S. Southeast. Photo: Bloomberg

Logistics Teams Need to Rethink Contract Models in an Unpredictable Economy

Businesses need to rethink how they renegotiate contracts — on an as-needed basis rather than a time-based schedule — to optimize deals for both sides.

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MSC Air Cargo Arm Will Debut with 777-200Fs

Mediterranean Shipping Co., the world’s largest shipping line by capacity, is bringing in four Boeing 777-200 freighters to anchor its new MSC Air Cargo operation.

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Volkswagen Warns of Production Shift From Germany Over Gas Shortage

Europe’s biggest carmaker, said that relocation of production capacity for some component makers is among options in the medium term if gas shortages last much beyond this winter.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Carries Lessons for Pharma Supply Chains, Says Pfizer Executive

Jim Cafone, a senior vice president of supply chain at Pfizer, says the rapid and successful rollout of the doses shows companies now will “need to really rethink how you configure your supply chain.”

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Podcast | It’s Not Just About Microchips: An Overlooked Link in the High-Tech Supply Chain

Most of the recent talk surrounding high-tech manufacturing supply chains has been about the severe shortage of microprocessors. But equally important is the supply of printed circuit boards.

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