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3 Ways to Benchmark to Boost Supply Chain Performance

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve never done a benchmarking exercise before, read on. It would, of course, be what the winning time was when this race was last run in your district. This exercise would involve you measuring particular functions or aspects of your business and comparing that against other parts of your business. Informal Benchmarking.

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Forklift Safety Training: The Ultimate Guide

Conger

By the end of this article, you’ll learn: Why forklift operator safety training is important. Where to get forklift operator training. Why Is Forklift Operator Training Important? Who Provides Forklift Operator Training? Why Is Forklift Operator Training Important? General principles of safe forklift operation.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

And, of course, I will also share how knowing your cost-to-serve will help you to solve those all-too-familiar performance gremlins. Of course, it’s always possible to factor estimates of those costs into your product or service pricing, but then you can find yourself overpricing them. Are Your Profit Margins Declining?

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

Conger

Bureau of Labor, companies are expected to hire an additional 32,600 equipment operators by 2028. . But if you’re new to forklifts, you probably have a lot of questions: How do I become a forklift operator? Chapter 1: The "3 Pillars" of Forklift Operator Certification. Chapter 5: Should I Become a Forklift Operator?

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain. Let’s take ecommerce as an example.

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

Of course, it would be possible to write an entire book on this particular subject, so for the sake of keeping this article relatively brief, I’ll stick to a short explanation of crucial factors to consider when planning a warehouse network (even if it is a network of one). It can go further than this, of course. A-Accessibility.

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Is Online Forklift Certification Legit? The Answer May Surprise You

Conger

Online forklift schools or forklift courses are legit and can get you trained to operate a forklift. But unless they observe and evaluate you operating a forklift in the workplace, they cannot certify you. It doesn’t provide practical training and evaluation of the operator in the workplace.