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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

And, of course, I will also share how knowing your cost-to-serve will help you to solve those all-too-familiar performance gremlins. Indeed, during our CTS work with clients, we’ve encountered many cases where products or customers drive losses rather than profits—always an eye-opener, but more common than you might ever expect.

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3 Questions from Your Future Supply Chain Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

As semesters unfolded, students saw course syllabi come to life in news headlines. Decades-old case studies seemed stale, so students wanted to know how real supply chains have dealt with the pandemic and what their response bodes for future. Each class is different, but three themes emerged in student questions.

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Prescriptive Analytics is Going Mainstream. Is your Organization Ready?

AIMMS

The use of these optimization techniques has been around for decades but has traditionally demanded expert skills. In the case of ELIX Polymers, S&OP Navigator allows them to quickly simulate the impact of any problem on their volume and EBITDA and decide on the best course of action. More awareness and ease of use .

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Prescriptive Analytics is Going Mainstream. Is your Organization Ready?

AIMMS

The use of these optimization techniques has been around for decades but has traditionally demanded expert skills. In the case of ELIX Polymers, S&OP Navigator allows them to quickly simulate the impact of any problem on their volume and EBITDA and decide on the best course of action. More awareness and ease of use .

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What is Inbound Logistics and How Can a 3PL Help?

Kanban Logistics

Right now, your buyers probably spend a good percentage of their time negotiating with, and procuring goods from, makers of boxes, nuts, bolts, and other consumable parts and materials. Free up buyer time to work with tier 1 & tier 2 suppliers. Putting it all together: a case study. Third-party procurement.

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The ‘So What’ of my experiences in East Timor – Reflections on East Timor by a Logistics Unit Commander Part 4

Logistics in War

At the operational and tactical level, East Timor may not be a great case study for combat arms officers however for the logistician, there are lessons to be learned at every level from the Commander Joint Logistics down to the private soldier. Training.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

. Sheffi starts, for example, with the extreme pressures coming from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), notably Greenpeace, about which one environmentalist says “When Greenpeace reaches for its toolbox, it tends to find only one tool, and that’s a mallet.” And of course most can’t.