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Inventory Management Excellence: Some Companies to Learn From

Logistics Bureau

So, rather than get overly prescriptive, I’ll use this blog post to highlight some companies that have achieved success through excellence in inventory management , and outline some of the most effective elements of their strategies. Another takeaway is the importance of warehouse layout as an enabler for inventory management excellence.

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7 Ways To Avoid Getting Scammed When Buying Online

Globalior

Recent events have given the e-commerce industry a steroid induced growth spurt that online scammers all over the world are rushing to take advantage of. Sophisticated fraudsters are now offering their products to unsuspecting consumers on slick websites, complete with excellent pre-sale service support.

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A Practical Guide to Setting Up a Supply Chain Analytics Center of Excellence

AIMMS

Getting buy-in agreement and changing your company culture to embrace analytics is often more difficult. A Supply Chain Analytics Center of Excellence (COE) can help you start off with the right team structure, engage the right stakeholders and put you on the right path to implementation. How do you get buy-in and agreement?

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How to Reduce Ecommerce Returns

Ship Monk

Basically you need to provide info on everything people buying your products could potentially want to know in order to make an informed decision. They got what they paid for; no mystery or misleading turn of events. Potential customers also value opinion when bridging the gap from browse to buy. Think about it.

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A Practical Guide to Setting Up a Supply Chain Analytics Center of Excellence

AIMMS

Getting buy-in agreement and changing your company culture to embrace analytics is often more difficult. A Center of Excellence (COE) can help you start off with the right team structure, engage the right stakeholders and put you on the right path to implementation. How do you get buy-in and agreement? Business understanding.

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Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

MetaExperts are talent operational excellence (OpEx) hands-on-deck, training, and get-it-done partners. The upshot of all this is the result of now we very brittle supply chains, now inherently susceptible to massive disruption – even by a single event – such as the tsunami event in Japan. About MetaOps and MetaExperts.

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Why Digitalizing Sourcing is a Must for Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Bundled offers (if you buy X, Y, and Z from me, I can offer a 10% discount or in case of transportation, grouping of backhaul lanes at a discount along with inbound lanes). Trying to evaluate bids with such complexity is well beyond the realm of manual methods and Excel spreadsheets. Digitalizing sourcing (i.e.,