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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

Moreover, this exercise might need to be repeated several times depending on how the war proceeds. To solve this problem, we’ll need to do three things: understand the data, aggregate the data, and define the constraints. First comes the data and how well we understand it. Their time frame was short and resources limited.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

There are different tools, goals, and market dynamics. That processing event determines when the goods need to be delivered to the next stop. It was quickly determined that a procurement event was necessary just to set a baseline. Procurement ran a request for proposal event. An RFP is a data intensive exercise.

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How to Protect Supply Chain from Cyber Attacks

3PL Links

Image source: Flickr | How to Protect Supply Chain from Cyber Attacks The management of data intelligence in the supply chain presents an enormous challenge to those involved. The amount, velocity, and sharing of data all influence how it is received and evaluated, and these changes intensify with the consolidation of digital transformation.

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Freight Benchmarking: What Is It? Why Do It?

Logistics Bureau

At Logistics Bureau, we capture, analyse, and exploit freight benchmarking data to help us when we provide freight contract negotiation services for our clients. The benefit of this is that you’ll be in a more proactive state when unforeseen events or crises arise with minimal warning. Freight Benchmarking: How to Do it Right.

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What Is an Agile Supply Chain?

FourKites

To reach this point, organizations need to ensure that their people are not only trained to perform in the job but also equipped with the right tools and processes to bolster their chances of success. They invest in new technologies and data-driven processes that allow them to exercise precise control over the business.

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Logistics Challenges Involved in Home Services and How to Overcome Them

Locus

This can prove to be a daunting exercise without the right software and tools. Handling shortages: Resource availability is dependent on many conditions and shortage is common, especially during peak season or black swan events such as the pandemic. Technology must be embraced with open arms for sustainable, long-term growth.

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Where Does Supply Chain Design End and Planning Begin? (Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. It was a strategic/tactical analysis, disconnected from day-to-day operations, and the software tools were difficult to learn and use.