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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters. Procurement ran a request for proposal event.

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Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement

Logistics Bureau

Whether you’re planning to benchmark your supply chain or simply trying to improve how you measure its performance, it makes sense to know a little about the most commonly used KPIs for each supply chain component. 7 Procurement KPIs You Should be Using. There are several methods you can use to measure the supplier defect rate.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain. In this article, I will redress the balance by exploring outsourcing from a more holistic perspective, focusing on ways to consider outsourcing partnerships for improvement throughout the supply chain.

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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

For Mars, digitalization has focused on improved customer service, cost reductions, and making their supply chain associates more productive. Mr. Beery concluded that the best transformation projects would be, one, improved supply chain planning. But how to do this was very ambiguous.

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Building a better prepared Australian Defence Force after the Defence Strategic Review – supply-chains and logistics and the way in which both improve military resilience

Logistics in War

Fuel and ammunition feed into the discussion of force posture, and the importance of exercises to build ‘preparedness including minimum viable improvements in key areas’ is also clear (pp 78-80). We can infer from this statement that the authors of the DSR did not think that ‘national resilience’ was where it should be.

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Are your L&D programs reaping the outcomes you need?

UL EHS- Sustainability

But when organizations are unsure of the root cause of an operational issue, assigning employee training can offer dramatic insight and measurable data leading to enhanced performance, improved production and even internal cost savings. The real cause typically reveals itself quickly when you go directly to the source.

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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

Logistics Bureau

You’ll find no better way to gain that knowledge than with an energy audit to highlight where you can benefit from improvements. Of course, switching to more efficient lighting requires significant investment, especially if you choose induction lights, which are particularly expensive to procure.