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The Parallel Supply Chain … A Twilight Zone Strategy?

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Every source of materials and components, every manufacturing facility, every warehouse and distribution channel, and every logistics mechanism is duplicated. To establish, manage and maintain a Supply Chain takes a lot of resource. Outsourcing should not only include manufacturing, distribution and logistics but services as well.

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Supply Chain Analytics: Benefits, Challenges & Architecture

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These analytics can also help identify known risks and predict future risks by spotting patterns and trends throughout the supply chain, increasing planning accuracy, and better predicting future demand. This involves examining and enhancing processes like sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, inventory management, and delivery.

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Food Waste and World Hunger – The Food Supply Chain is Broken! (Videos)

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Better Supply-Demand planning, Quality management, transportation lead time reduction, distribution network optimization, cycle time reduction, better handling, more effective storage, real time order management, and reverse logistics improvement are all within the purvey of Supply Chain.