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January 31, 2023

How to Manage Supply Chain Delays Caused by Chinese New Year

There's a lot of talk about supply chain disruptions and potential recessions and what affect these things have on the global economy. After the last several years of surprising events, if teams knew an event was CERTAIN to affect their business and did nothing to prepare for it, they'd be considered incompetent, wouldn't they?

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October 10, 2022

Have You Started Planning for Chinese New Year?

Chinese New Year 2024 is on February 10th, the year of the dragon. If you haven't already started planning, we suggest immediately getting in touch with your supplier!

We know it's only November, but this is a big deal, and planning should truly begin back in October. If you're going to escape Chinese New Year (CNY) unscathed, you need to start...

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September 19, 2019

Chinese New Year Planning Guide: 2021

Sure, it's only the middle of September and you're probably more thinking more about your fantasy football team than a Chinese holiday that doesn't even take place until February 12th of NEXT year, but put down your Yahoo Sports app for just a minute and do your company a favor by downloading our Chinese New Year Guide: 2021. 

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July 24, 2018

Setting up a Vendor Managed Inventory Program in 5 Simple Steps

Are you looking for ways to reduce costs, streamline ordering and ensure that you never run out of product? Uh... Is this a trick question? Of course you are!

One tried and true solution could be adopting Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI), an arrangement between your company and your supplier to automatically replenish stock.

It's a simple process:...

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May 19, 2017

Why You Must Plan Early for Chinese New Year

If you're a regular blog reader you might have read the title and said, "It's TOO EARLY to start reading about planning for Chinese New Year!" And you're sort of right.

It's true you don't have to get your orders in for Chinese New Year (CNY). That would be overkill. But it's not too early to look at the calendar and strategize about how to avoid...

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