Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 26, 2019

But is simply adding a digital component to the complex supply chain network enough to make it efficient? Better planning: Intelligent automation can integrate and streamline transportation planning, route planning, warehouse network, and inventory planning. However, like with all new things, there’s a need to exercise caution.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. Knowing your CTS per product and per customer also lets you better control different commercial strategies.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The Path to Cost Reduction: The company undertook a supply chain network-redesign program, resulting in the commissioning of intermediate “merge centers” and optimization of cross-dock terminal locations. Deere & Company also began consolidating shipments and using break-bulk terminals during the seasonal peak.

Cost Reduction 65

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

A plan is necessary, possibly based on one of the following strategies. Reverse Logistics Strategy 1: Don’t do it! Reverse Logistics Strategy 2: Make it Painless. Reverse Logistics Strategy 3: Make it Profitable. Clearly, successful reverse logistics cannot be left to luck. A plan is necessary.

Reverse logistics 49

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The best way to do that is by completing a thorough analysis of current actual costs versus the projected costs associated with commencing—or ending—a 3PL partnership. However, in many cases, a 3PL will not readily agree to re-engineer a client’s logistics strategies, tactics, and methodologies.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A big part of what companies need to do when building a future strategy is to look out into the future and say, “These are the things that we think we want to do and be five years from now”. Historically, this product ‘footprinting’ exercise was both tedious and expensive. What does that look like? What criteria is key?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

Turning on your business know-how is important too, because you need careful analysis and critical thinking to make the best of existing opportunities. Your business plan includes a go-to-strategy and the more you invest in figuring out the specifics and researching the market, the better you will be prepared to meet its challenges.

Negotiating Skills 51

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Peter Lukszys, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison): In terms of different logistics applications, we see a lot of interest in humanitarian aid logistics and the impact of logistics strategies on climate change. This gives students a chance to network. Another skill is networking. What can be measured can be managed.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Blog on Log

AUGUST 19, 2006

The strategic planning addresses such issues as network design in terms of plant, warehouse, partner facility locations and capacity planning based on the customer demand, supplier positions, transportation and other fulfillment costs. The uncertainties in the Logistics network are increasing both on the demand side and the supply side.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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