Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, there is no quick and easy way to curb increases in the cost of energy and labour, but now is an excellent time to start thinking about practical ways to reduce energy usage and increase labour productivity and efficiency. Is Our Warehouse Lighting Energy Efficient?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

As product flows rapidly shifted and hard baked assumptions about lead times and sourcing locations were put to test, users across many organizations bypassed their planning systems and turned to excel sheets, internal data science teams or non-traditional supply chain vendors who could deliver AI based solutions at a faster turn.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 5, 2020

With current events in mind, managing future supply chain disruptions will be an integral component of corporate strategy. Creating supply chain resilience is a holistic exercise that involves more than just a few savvy logistics people. How then to build a strategy? Unpredictable is not a reason to be unprepared.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies.

Supply Chain Design Software 122

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

For Management: a balancing strategy, etc…. It is about keeping all (well most) of the stakeholders of the supply chain content and taking into consideration the supply chain strategy of the organization. Example A: Fashion Retailer – Business Strategy is short life cycle products. Sales Strategy. Faster turn over.

Inventory Reduction 70

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

Moreover, this exercise might need to be repeated several times depending on how the war proceeds. The purpose of data aggregation is, on one hand, to minimize the number of records you’ll be working with and, on the other hand, to reflect critical business patterns: order prioritization, customer segmentation, sourcing logic.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies.

Supply Chain Design Software 118

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Saving on costs whilst improving business efficiency Although the principles of “just-in-time” management are highly recommended for pressurized supply chains, it is increasingly difficult to fully implement them. Historical data, as well as informed projections, can be useful in this exercise.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

As you’ll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy.

Inventory Reduction 106

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 26, 2018

I was having lunch with a friend of mine who had recently conducted a transportation sourcing event. There are plenty of companies using a flawed process in conducting their transportation sourcing events. As the VP of Sales for a large national truckload carrier recently told me, “Today, our negotiation strategy is indifference.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Mr. Nelson points out that it is possible for a sourcing problem deep in a supply chain to halt production for BD. The company had access to huge amounts of trade data, for example. But the further up the supply chain BD went, the less incentive suppliers had to participate in these exercises. But I was skeptical.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 9, 2021

A financial modelling exercise to quantify the potential cost savings of the usage of digital shipping documentation, namely the electronic bill of lading (eBL) showed that at a global economic growth rate of 2.4% For example, in the airline industry, everything is digitalized now and this happened because IATA has been defining the.

Data 90

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 2, 2023

A product category like apparel, for example, has too many subcategories to be considered a niche. If you don’t have anything unique to talk about, then perhaps you should reconsider your product strategy. If you’re already knee deep in design iterations and fulfillment provider RFPs, we hope you’ve already gone through this exercise.

eCommerce 52

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2017

While these approaches can certainly deliver a significant return on investment (ROI), other strategies that can positively impact their transportation network are often overlooked – for example, thinking more strategically about capacity. Do you have a resilient and “stress-able” routing guide?

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

For example, a big-box retailer that started to build out its pickup services, it delivery services, and so on, so that when the world pivoted, and stores were closed, but people still wanted this retailer’s products, it already had all of that investment there. Consumers are looking for more durable products.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

As diamonds, and to a lesser extent, perhaps gold, are resources with origins that can sometimes be controversial, companies like De Beers have seized upon blockchain to provide evidence that their gems come from sources that don’t involve insurgency funding or forced labour. Examples of Blockchain in Food Supply Chains.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

An unprepared military offers political leaders few options, corrupts strategy, is inefficient and ineffective, and poses a national risk. For example, it is widely accepted that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) had little logistics capacity to sustain a large second-rotation force after intervening in East Timor in 1999.

Military 90

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UL EHS- Sustainability

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It is essential to determine reasons for the poor performance; this valuable exercise is a systematic, methodical evaluation that leads to an actionable strategy to yield improved employee performance outcomes. The best training strategy in the world can’t fix operational issues.

Buyer Training 40

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 1, 2019

However, WFP, African Governments and other public and private sector stakeholders are the catalyst this agency to be exercised, hopefully helping to lay the foundation for communities where the youth of today can live and thrive as productive adults. Locally sourced produce provides nutritional value for school children.

Government 40

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Logistics in War

JUNE 20, 2020

As a consequence, we invest considerable time and effort discussing and improving combat service support (CSS) interoperability through forms like Army-to-Army staff talks, as well as many other regional; engagements, with outcomes ensuring increased effectiveness, efficiency, and preparedness.

Negotiating Skills 86

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The ADF lacked the logistics resources, organic or those from civilian or international sources, to fulfil the requirements of a realistic approach to preparedness prior to the operation. hardware stores etc.). Risk was accepted from Government to the ADF that Australia would never need to enact policy or test its concepts.

Resource Reduction 91

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CLX Logistics

APRIL 27, 2016

As digitization continues to modify the global supply chain landscape, its unprecedented data sources and solutions will lead to not only the demise of disparate information systems, but to the rise of true, end-to-end, supply chain visibility. By Cosmas Hoefnagels for Talking Logistics. Improve lead times and performance.

Optimal Sourcing 40

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. Source: LLamasoft. The slide below provides an overview of SupplyChainPlanning.com: Source: LLamasoft.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

For example, as online sales reach a record high, B2C service provider Jet.com uses some creative logistics concepts to bring value to customers. For example, understanding collaboration and communication is as important as understanding modeling and technology. But hard skills must be coupled with soft skills.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 30, 2020

As a consequence, we invest considerable time and effort discussing and improving combat service support (CSS) interoperability through forms like Army 2 Army staff talks, as well as many other regional; engagements, with outcomes ensuring increased effectiveness, efficiency, and preparedness.

Negotiating Skills 60

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Conger

MAY 6, 2019

When it comes down to applying lean strategies, it’s not so easy. We do not personalize problems – because we believe people are rarely the source of a problem. Robert gives three specific examples of how they’ve used Toyota Lean Management in their parts department. This has allowed great flexibility and efficiency.

Waste Reduction 59

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

As organizations look for reducing dependencies on concentrated sources of supply, Eastern Europe, Mexico, and South Asian countries will start providing viable alternatives to the current manufacturing powerhouse countries. American Supply Chain Resilience Act and the German Supply Chain Act are just two examples of this.

Supply Chain Design Software 142

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247 Customs Broker

JUNE 6, 2018

Getting this right to maximize your transportation strategy is a balancing act—regardless of the mode or modes of shipping. We’ll distinguish between the internal and external sources of economies of scale and diseconomies of scale. The sources of economies of scale to be discussed later in this article are more systematic.

Purchasing Skills 28

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Conger

MAY 6, 2019

When it comes down to applying lean strategies, it’s not so easy. We do not personalize problems – because we believe people are rarely the source of a problem. Robert gives three specific examples of how they’ve used Toyota Lean Management in their parts department. This has allowed great flexibility and efficiency.

Waste Reduction 40

Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 40

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Golden Rule #1: Meaningful KPIs Require a Meaningful Strategy. I’ve written many posts on this blog about the importance of having a supply chain strategy aligned with the overall business plan, and why it is a mistake to have misaligned strategies. I’ve also described some of the issues that can arise from such an error.

Supply Chain Software 62

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

By integrating order data, load information across modes, yard shipments and the like, internal departments can turn to a single source of the truth and more accurately manage various aspects of the lifecycle. Transportation teams could drill into their top bottlenecks by facility, carrier performance, dwell time and volume.

Inventory Reduction 134

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

Many businesses in the US, and elsewhere, were sourcing their componentry from China. For example, one of the main problems with Asian-US trade is that all container ship deliveries are now routed to the West Coast, even though the bulk of America’s manufacturers are based on the East Coast. Use data to improve operations.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Over a relatively short period, a transport or fleet manager’s ability to support an efficient distribution network through route and delivery optimisation has shifted from almost nil to almost limitless. That enables you to account for a broader spectrum of variables in your planning activity.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Let us take an initiative such as Inventory Optimization as an example. It would have institutionalized online strategies to capture customer preferences to tailor revenue-enhancing online offerings. Categories.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For example, it either makes sense to outsource logistics activity to a 3PL, or it makes more sense to keep it in-house. For example, outsourcing can seem like a potential cure for obfuscated logistics costs , given that lack of cost transparency is a common issue for organisations that manage logistics internally.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. an example, electronics retailer Best Buy has augmented its online assortment by 20,000 items.Similarly, Target and Wal-Mart and other general merchandise retailers have boosted their online capabilities and product offerings.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 3, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. In this blog, with the example of Asset Management for personal health, they emphasize on identifying avenues for adding more Asset definitions to the EAM purview. Instance Consolidation Strategy. Banking Suite.

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