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Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement

Logistics Bureau

How reliable are your suppliers? Of course, the consequences, and their seriousness, will depend on the criticality of the product, but availability challenges are never desirable. The higher the ratio, the lower the vendor’s reliability. Vendor Availability. Other Supply Chain KPIs Procurement Teams Should Track.

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Decision-forcing cases for logistics: practicing logisticians to overcome ‘wicked problems’

Logistics in War

Also known known as a ‘historical immersion problem,’ a decision-forcing case is an exercise in which participants take on the role of an actual person who, at some point in the past, was faced by a particularly challenging problem. The Road to Habbaniya’ is a two-problem exercise.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. Governance and logistics reliability and assurance frameworks which ensure strategic and tactical concepts are viable depend on this analysis.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

But, of course, what those circumstances are is for you to decide. Improve the Rate of On-time Delivery By working with a 3PL that has relationships with multiple carriers your organisation can potentially benefit from faster, more reliable transportation and reduce the risk of delayed deliveries. Let’s take ecommerce as an example.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. Governance and logistics reliability and assurance frameworks which ensure strategic and tactical concepts are viable depend on this analysis.

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Freight Benchmarking: What Is It? Why Do It?

Logistics Bureau

The answer is to benchmark your freight, of course. However, while it sounds simple in theory, it’s not so straightforward in practice, primarily because it can be challenging to access reliable freight rate information. So how can you be sure you’re getting the best freight rates possible?

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How to Benchmark Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Of course, benchmarks and benchmarking can cover all kinds of different things, at work or elsewhere. It’s a strategy worth considering before looking at external benchmarking, because it might allow you to reduce the scope of an external benchmarking exercise, and narrow the gaps between your company and its peers.