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Go to Market Strategy before Supply Chain Strategy

10xLogistics

This article is directed mostly towards practitioners who operate supply chains within companies which market and sell products. There are a lot of conversations happening relative to all sorts of strategies for supply chains (and no lack of consultants who want to sell you on the latest and greatest ideas).

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Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach

Logistics Bureau

I recently attended a great presentation during which the presenter referred to a BHAG —a big hairy audacious goal. The person who gave the presentation I attended offered the example of a speech by late US President John F. This article is based on a video from the Supply Chain Secrets YouTube channel.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. In reality, it would take several rounds of fine-tuning to get all the orders sorted into routes without leaving any vehicles underutilised.”

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Metal Fabrication Robots Get More Mobile with Mix of Technology and Cross-Training

Blue Grace Logistics

based BlueGrace Logistics, who presented at this year’s MODEX , the material handling and supply chain show held in Atlanta in March. His presentation related to allocating resources in commercial trucking. READ THE FULL ARTICLE . [Data that answers] those questions can become incredibly powerful.”.

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Love In The Cold Chain

Blue Grace Logistics

Valentine’s Day presents some unique logistical challenges. What’s in this article: Challenges associated with Valentine’s Day cold chain logistics. Finding the space to sort, pack, and ship these products is no picnic. Finding the space to sort, pack, and ship these products is no picnic. Planning for capacity coverage.

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The Cancer of Fear

The Lean Thinker

All of this is a unconscious but focused effort to present the illusion that things are progressing according to plan. He is getting the response he expects – people are not offering thoughts (other than his) for improvements, though they are experimenting in stealth mode in a sort of continuous improvement underground.

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Welcome to A Day at ProMat 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

For those of you that were unable to attend, this article will provide a thorough second-hand experience of a day at this expansive exhibit. Addverb was exhibiting multiple technologies at ProMat including Medius, the company’s multi-level shuttle system, Sortie, an autonomous put-wall sorting system, and Zippy, and ATV sortation system.