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Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations

Material Handling and Logistics

Learn how to organize your data operations in alignment with supply chain strategy. Complex supply chains generate more data, which companies can use to drive greater efficiency or engage in innovation that disrupts an entire industry—think Amazon. More data is coming in than ever before.

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Flexibility in the Face of Uncertainty

Freightos

While COVID did see some modal shifts of everything from wheat to Peloton exercise bikes, there are certainly products that are less likely candidates for shifts. With more easily accessible data and bookings, alternatives to, yes, historically alternative routes suddenly become far more viable.

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Supply Chain Design Crosses the Chasm

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, if a retailer stands up a number of micro fulfillment centers to support a spike in eComm demand, this translates into changes to the flows and possibly modes of transportation, and accordingly master data changes. Design can help test such ideas before implementing changes to the master data. He received his Ph.D.

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Door to Door Sales Tips: 10 Best Strategies for Your Delivery Business

WorkWave

Rather than simply marching from house to house knocking on doors, sales representatives need to engage specific strategies to ensure that each person who is visited understands why they need the product at hand. One effective strategy is to paint a vivid picture of solving a problem. Ignite Interest Immediately .

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

We’ll begin with a look at pricing strategy. Do You Lack Confidence in Your Pricing Strategies? If not, your pricing strategies could inadvertently limit your profit margins , either by throttling revenue or gifting sales to your competitors. Are You Missing Opportunities in Pricing Strategy?

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Sales and Operations Planning: The Interpersonal Element

Logistics Bureau

Often, in our experience, the problem is a human one… It’s not the data, not the process, not the technology, or the strategy, but the people. Pundits typically emphasize data and digital technology when proselytising for the S&OP concept. But what makes it so challenging to implement S&OP successfully?

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The water in the well – how much readiness is enough?

Logistics in War

Firstly, it recommended conducting realistic wargames and exercises to reflect threats and the capability of the ‘logistics enterprise’ to respond. Thirdly, it articulated the need to protect logistics data which is particularly vulnerable to espionage and manipulation. At present, they aren’t. 1] See Eccles, H.,