Logistics Bureau
MAY 30, 2022
Of course, the aim should always be to serve customers proactively, and that’s where the third element of service alignment—planning—comes to the fore. To align the financial pillar of supply chain excellence, you and your team should focus on costs and financial performance in four key areas, namely: Distribution network costs.
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 9, 2023
If you’ve followed our blog over the years, you’ll know that we’ve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why it’s vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.
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Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 20, 2023
A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. When it comes to the constrain-based models, Mr. Gottemukkala continued, it’s not just about modeling the factories and the distribution centers. But, of course, over the course of a month the demand and supply pictures change.
Logistics Business Magazine
MARCH 13, 2024
At the launch of the DHL Global Connectedness Report , John Pearson, CEO DHL Express, said: “The most recent findings of the DHL Global Connectedness Report unequivocally dispel the notion of globalization reversing course.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 19, 2022
Optimization has often been applied too narrowly, because as AI and supply chain expert Professor Nada Sanders articulates , analytical techniques applied to just one node only create highly-efficient silos. A plan is a point in time, so any solution must be paired with agility to adjust when the inevitable changes occur.
Bringg
AUGUST 4, 2020
I agree with Gartner’s assessment as stated in the report, that “Users that have high levels of change over the course of a delivery horizon or have a large focus on last-mile delivery to the consumer, are the best candidates for last-mile delivery solutions.” In other words, a platform-based approach is far more sustainable and agile.
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 13, 2018
He recommends including those you interact with in daily operations such as manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, procurement, and finance. The reason is that TMS is one of the most highly integrated applications in an organization because it touches every node in the supply chain,” he says.
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