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4 Tips to Help You Choose Distribution Centre Locations

Logistics Bureau

One of the main challenges for CEOs and supply chain managers is deciding where to locate a distribution centre. If you’ve got products that are used by the general population, most high-density population areas are going to draw your distribution centres towards them. 4 Tips to Help You Choose Distribution Centre Locations.

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The Long and Short of Designing a Distribution Network

Logistics Bureau

I’ve noticed a trend in recent years in that when businesses want to check their distribution networks or design a distribution network , they immediately jump into loads and loads of detail. It is very rough and ready, of course, but it will serve to give you a sense of whether something is going to work or not.

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Top 14 Logistics and Supply Chain Management Training Programs and Courses in 2016

GlobalTranz

Today, Kelly shares the top 14 Logistics and Supply Chain Management training programs and courses available in 2016. University Courses. This program is developed by University of North Texas and it offers international students to complete one year course related to logistics. The cost of such program is $25,000.

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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

The exchange of information, meetings and even training sessions run smoothly for us despite social distance – digital communication tools such as Slack or the video conferencing software Zoom make it possible. Of course, this applies not only to the internal distribution of tasks. How can we pass this test?

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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

The exchange of information, meetings and even training sessions run smoothly for us despite social distance – digital communication tools such as Slack or the video conferencing software Zoom make it possible. Of course, this applies not only to the internal distribution of tasks. How can we pass this test?

Course 52
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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

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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Warehouse Capacity – My Warehouse is Full

Logistics Bureau

By doing the tips that I’m about to share with you in this video, you might save up to 30% space and of course operation cost! Listen to this case study: As mentioned in the video, here are some links to the blogs that cover this topic: Warehouse Automation and Robotics with Mal Walker.