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The What, Why, How of Supply Chain Benchmarking

Logistics Bureau

Business benchmarking is recognised as one of the best management tools around. We asked a great question at our recent webinar on the subject of benchmarking. The key bit of information is, in this case of course: How fast is the fastest person? It is recognised as one of the best management tools out there.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

This includes plant operations, inbound and outbound transportation, warehousing, demand planning and our comprehensive and running supply chain risk management ecosystem. Steve: You mentioned your people were swamped and that they needed better tools to do their jobs. Klaus: I can´t give too many details for compliance reasons.

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7 Freight Costs Considerations That Will Have Shippers Rethinking In-House Transportation Management

GlobalTranz

Most businesses ultimately determine that this area of responsibility cannot realistically be merely subsumed under packaging, warehousing, or other operational functions. This problem, of course, is natural during any changes that shift work away from a company's in-house team members in order to reduce costs.

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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.

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The Transportation Supply Chain: Transportation’s Role in Supply Chain Management to Lower Total Costs

GlobalTranz

Many manufacturers & retailers have found that they can use state of the art supply chain management to reduce inventory & warehousing costs while speeding up delivery to the end customer. Of course, proper implementation is essential in order for these great technologies to succeed.

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Special Procedures Unlock Duty Savings

Logistics Business Magazine

Of course, since the UK left the Single Market, the relevance of British companies using SP within their customs declarations has increased to the tune of 27 additional trading partner countries. ” There have traditionally been barriers to companies implementing SP into their customs strategy. .

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Avoiding Freight Damage & Using Empirical Stretch Wrapping Data to Troubleshoot Causes

GlobalTranz

Irregular loads such as commonly shipped by distribution centers require about 8 to 12 pounds and heavy, inherently unstable product like shrink wrapped bundles of bottled beverages typically requires about 17 to 20 pounds, as measured with Lantech’s CFT-5 containment force tool. Establishing and monitoring . It’s easy to “over” wrap a load.

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