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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost-reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. This operation was proving too costly and too slow, so the company launched an initiative to achieve a 10% supply chain cost reduction within four years.

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5 Reasons How RFPs Help in Selecting the Right Logistics Technology Platform For Your Enterprise-Level Business

Locus

More and more companies are looking to digitalization of their end-to-end logistics operations for high efficiencies at optimal costs. It’s a comprehensive approach that empowers companies to streamline their procurement process, ensuring alignment with their long-term objectives and operational requirements.

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Condition Monitoring- A Case Study-Part I

Infosys Supply Chain Management

What do we need for a successful condition monitoring, heaps of operational data? Here''s presenting the case study of how a seemingly workable condition monitoring exercise can possibly go wrong. The case company had procured a fleet of excavators and pipe layer equipment for their interstate gas pipeline project.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Of the business leaders participating in that survey, more than 50% considered supply chain to be a standalone business operating function.

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7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Of the business leaders participating in that survey, more than 50% considered supply chain to be a standalone business operating function.

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Planning to sustain the force – Reflections on East Timor by a Logistics Unit Commander Part Two

Logistics in War

. “In the two decades since the Australian deployment to East Timor as part of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET), much has been written about the operation predominantly from the national and military strategic perspectives. As the operation recedes into history, we need to ensure the key lessons identified do not also fade.”

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‘The furthest, the weakest’ – how logistics creates national power

Logistics in War

John Louth once wrote of a widespread tendency to misread the significance of lift and sustainment to operational scenarios. [2] The further one nation has to operate from its bases, the longer and more complex are its lines of communication, and the less strength it can put into the field. [4]