Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have serious doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets.

Cost Reduction 85

Cost Reduction Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction Price Reduction 85

Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost-reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets.

Cost Reduction 65

Cost Reduction Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction Price Reduction 65

Freightos

MAY 10, 2015

Read this if you’re interested in: A great case study of a growing company that thrived on global imports and more efficient internal processes. Read if you’re interested in: How ideas take form…and how things that we take for granted today, like the steam engine, developed and changed the world.

Supply Chain Software 119

Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics 119

Logistics in War

AUGUST 28, 2018

One need only refer to Kenneth Privratsky’s Logistics in the Falklands War: A case study in expeditionary warfare to get a sense of the logistics factors at play. The continued importance of geographic distance and Boulding’s loss of strength gradient’ from Comparative Strategy, University of Reading, UK, 2007, p 295.

Military 69

Military Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Logistics Network Optimization Software 69

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 15, 2023

A case study of the University of California, Berkeley, showed that implementing a green procurement policy resulted in an estimated annual cost savings of over $200,000 (Marrone, 2010). Case Study: The University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is an exemplary model of sustainable campus logistics.

Sourcing Strategies 52

Sourcing Strategies Optimal Sourcing Waste Reduction Material Savings 52

Logistics in War

MAY 16, 2018

One need only refer to Kenneth Privratsky’s Logistics in the Falklands War: A case study in expeditionary warfare to get a sense of the logistics factors at play. The continued importance of geographic distance and Boulding’s loss of strength gradient’ from Comparative Strategy, University of Reading, UK, 2007, p 295.

Military 46

Military Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Logistics Network Optimization Software 46

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As bribery is one of the more common forms of unethical or even fraudulent procurement practices, it is worth examining a case study to understand how it typically takes place, but more importantly, how the consequences of what to some may simply be seen as ‘greasing the wheels of business’ are increasing in seriousness. This is true.

Procurement Analytics 75

Procurement Analytics Optimal Sourcing Procurement Solutions Procurement 75