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3 Ways to Benchmark to Boost Supply Chain Performance

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve never done a benchmarking exercise before, read on. It would, of course, be what the winning time was when this race was last run in your district. This exercise would involve you measuring particular functions or aspects of your business and comparing that against other parts of your business. Informal Benchmarking.

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Happy New Year: Here’s the 7 things shippers need to know about the Q1 2021 freight market

FLS Transport

The year 2021 is here! Newton’s first law of inertia states that an object in motion will remain in motion… and that’s exactly what will happen in the first quarter of 2021. Inventory replenishment will continue well into 2021. GDP growth in 2021 as the economy recovers. Stay strapped in. The wild ride isn’t over yet.

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Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement

Logistics Bureau

Of course, the consequences, and their seriousness, will depend on the criticality of the product, but availability challenges are never desirable. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on July 30, 2021, under the title “Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement” on Logistics Bureau’s website. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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How to Select the Right KPIs for Supply Chain Benchmarking

Logistics Bureau

In answering that question, we’re not going to provide you with a list of possible supply chain KPIs to use in your business—at least, not in this article. Because you can find plenty of other articles on this blog and the Logistics Bureau blog if you’d like to peruse such lists. So, instead, we’ll keep the advice simple.

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Warehouse Safety: OSHA Guidelines, Statistics & 10 Top Tips

Conger

In this article, you’ll: Learn the top safety guidelines for warehouses. We’ll talk more about specific risks later in the article, but briefly, warehouse workers commonly face hazards associated with: Forklifts and other material handling equipment. million to warehouses and storage facilities between October 2020 and September 2021.

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