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KPIs to assist manufacturers and distributors with supply chain challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Another methodology is the Porter’s Value Chain Framework, which comprises of inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, sales, and service. Outbound KPIs. Gross Profit or Net Profit) and can be done for the organization as a whole, and also by product group or by customer group.

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LSPs eye potential cut at Opel’s Rüsselsheim plant

Automotive Logistics

“We continue to work on improving the utilisation of our plants with profitable vehicles built on Groupe PSA platforms,” said the company. This is, of course, also the case for Rüsselsheim. We want to announce details in the course of the year.”. Groupe PSA bought Opel/Vauxhall from GM in 2017 for €2.2 Change of Pace!

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Hanging in the balance

Automotive Logistics

The big questions now are whether the current downward trend will last and if new approaches in the outbound logistics segment can help support the domestic finished vehicle industry. . For example, BLG Group and STS Logistic have announced plans to jointly operate and develop Auto Terminal Slask in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland. .

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

During a normal Olympics, millions of spectators flock to venues to watch over 300 events unfold over the course of two-plus weeks. The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s all for this week.

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Retail disruption and K-shaped recovery highlight importance of freight data

FreightWaves SONAR

Of course, during that same period, many retailers performed extremely well. Are containers being transloaded into 53-foot dry vans and trucked from portside markets, or are the rails capturing more market share of outbound surface shipments to the inland markets around the U.S.? market, which has very limited outbound freight.

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Audi México: Risk and reward

Automotive Logistics

The factory is now in its second full year of production with some notable successes already gained, not least in the management of outbound logistics. . Audi also uses truck, and its success in managing available capacity for outbound flows is down to planning between those modes of transport. Multimodal options.

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Madrid: fastest-growing cargo airport

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A report from LogIndex, the data company that is part of freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel Group, has ranked the world’s airports according to their airfreight growth rates on a moving 12-month basis (see below for table). On average, the 21 airports included in the report demonstrate a growth rate of around 6%.

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