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3 Ways to Benchmark to Boost Supply Chain Performance

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve never done a benchmarking exercise before, read on. Case Study: An Automotive Parts Business. This exercise would involve you measuring particular functions or aspects of your business and comparing that against other parts of your business. You will find that companies are very reluctant to give out benchmarking data.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

That’s far easier to do with solid data to inform you and your customer. Cost-to-serve analysis arms you with that data, strengthening your position in price discussions. View case study Learn more about cost-to-serve benefits. Are You Missing Insight Into Customer Profitability and Value?

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Intelligent Automation, the Future of Supply Chain. Is the Logistics Industry Ready?

Blue Grace Logistics

According to a study conducted by IBM and National Retail Federation (NRF), the retail and consumer goods industry is designating intelligent automation, also known as artificial intelligence, as the future of supply chain. Refined Analytics: Logistics is a data-intensive function. What more is required?

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Condition Monitoring- A Case Study-Part II

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Though late, but when they decided to run through past condition data they found a substantial evidence- A high copper concentration in the hydraulic oil. The oil sampling results had been showing increased copper levels but neither the field engineer who were reporting the data nor the bosses sitting in the head office caught the spike.

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Condition Monitoring- A Case Study-Part II

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Though late, but when they decided to run through past condition data they found a substantial evidence- A high copper concentration in the hydraulic oil. The oil sampling results had been showing increased copper levels but neither the field engineer who were reporting the data nor the bosses sitting in the head office caught the spike.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Cloud & Big Data. Case Studies. |. « Collaborative Platform for Enterprise of Future | Main | Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry » Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance in SAP SCM Support. These 3 master data elements contributed to almost 50-60% of planning issues. Banking Suite.

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Human Resources and Talent Management- Mental Health and Wellbeing Perspectives

Women in Trucking

Physically, the long hours sitting behind the wheel, lack of exercise (or for many OTR drivers little physical movement at all) and easy access to unhealthy food and drinks all take their toll on driver health. The severity of those mental health conditions is obvious in data like this: 13.6% Loneliness is a big challenge for drivers.

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