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Fundamental Supply Chain Shifts Kill The Idea of a "Surge"

10xLogistics

I have talked a lot about the inventory to sales ratio and how it is such a great predictor of what will happen in the transportation industry. In an article today titled " At Ports, A Sign of Altered Supply Chains ", they discuss the muted growth (or at least not shrink) of the trucking and ocean business. This is what is happening.

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Vacation Got the Best of Me - Maersk Looks into A Dim Future for Containers

10xLogistics

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal cited Maersk warning of subdued demand in ocean container traffic. And, of course, I have been warning and talking about this and about the lousy economics of this industry since I published " The Sick State of Ocean Freight " back in March.

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How to Benchmark Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Of course, benchmarks and benchmarking can cover all kinds of different things, at work or elsewhere. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May 2012, and has now been revamped and updated with more comprehensive information. Those levels are “benchmarks”. Ready to SCOR with External Benchmarking?

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How to Benchmark Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Of course, benchmarks and benchmarking can cover all kinds of different things, at work or elsewhere. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May 2012, and has now been revamped and updated with more comprehensive information. Those levels are “benchmarks”. Ready to SCOR with External Benchmarking?

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

We came up with an action plan of having a MDM Quality Report based on Product-Locations master data, Transportation Lanes & Production Process Models (PPM) master data from APO Production environment. Dumps of Product-Locations & Transportation Lanes were taken and queries were designed to check some basic parameters.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. 2) According to a 2012 report into corporate insolvencies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 44% of businesses in Australia failed because of poor strategic management. If you want business success (and who doesn’t?),

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7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. 2) According to a 2012 report into corporate insolvencies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 44% of businesses in Australia failed because of poor strategic management. If you want business success (and who doesn’t?),