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Where Does Supply Chain Design End and Planning Begin? (Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. It was a strategic/tactical analysis, disconnected from day-to-day operations, and the software tools were difficult to learn and use.

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

UL EHS- Sustainability

A training needs analysis (TNA) will identify where employee training can make a meaningful contribution towards improving performance. The analysis can also reveal other variables that cause employees not to perform at the optimum levels– organizational culture, personal problems, job satisfaction or financial compensation.

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Intelligent Automation, the Future of Supply Chain. Is the Logistics Industry Ready?

Blue Grace Logistics

It will enable data sharing among all functions, highlight errors and outliers in the data, and speed up data analysis thus increasing efficiency, improving accuracy and lowering operating costs. However, like with all new things, there’s a need to exercise caution. However, like with all new things, there’s a need to exercise caution.

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[Infographic] What Successful Manufacturing Leaders Do from 8am-8pm

GlobalTranz

We also included some other tips successful folks do before 8 am and right before bed to stay as optimized as possible, including a few productivity tools. After all as Eric Kimberling's analysis of 'leadership lessons' says: “The differing results of manufacturers are due to unique leadership traits of their executive teams.”.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

Process Specialisation Outsourced manufacturers, logistics providers, and other supply chain service partners dedicate all their resources to optimizing processes that, while essential for the success of your organisation, are secondary to its principal objectives.

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Intelligent Logistics or Just Good Old Common Sense?

Blog on Log

However, in reality most strategic planning exercises neither embed foresight, nor create responsive networks. Tactical planning addresses how best to use the existing facilities and assets for optimal customer service at least cost. The cost of this true collaboration is falling dramatically with the advent of new web-based tools.

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Warehouse Product Slotting: The Ultimate Guide

Logistics Bureau

It also stands to reason that when you undertake a slotting exercise, you should think about it from the perspective of these activities. But what if your business lacks the digital tools necessary to use the data? The most common way to determine the velocity is through ABC analysis , using order lines as the velocity indicator.