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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. At some companies, these relocations involved moving groups of different sizes from different offices with hundreds of possible destinations. The groups themselves were non-homogeneous with people of different ages and interests.

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Logistics & Supply Chain: Hurricane Florence

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Over one million people have been ordered to evacuate the area to get out of the pathway of the strongest hurricane to hit the area in almost 30 years. Production facilities should find alternative locations to manufacture in order to keep products flowing. Caution should be exercised.

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100 More Autonomous Trucks for Felixstowe

Logistics Business Magazine

The order follows a tender exercise and a thorough testing and evaluation process. Hutchison Ports has announced that its UK ports will achieve Scope 1 and Scope 2 net-zero by 2035 as part of the group’s global target established in line with the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) net-zero standard.

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Logistics & Supply Chain: Hurricane Florence

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Over one million people have been ordered to evacuate the area to get out of the pathway of the strongest hurricane to hit the area in almost 30 years. Production facilities should find alternative locations to manufacture in order to keep products flowing. Caution should be exercised.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

Excessive costs can hide anywhere in your company’s service provision or supply chain functions, including manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and customer service. Even if your profit margins are not noticeably declining, would you be happy to know that orders are leaving your warehouse without making you a penny in profit?

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Freeports and Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Freeports will provide what the government describes as “a supportive planning environment for the development of tax and customs sites through an extension of permitted development rights and incentivising use of local development orders”. With up to 45km of hinterland potentially to develop, the range of possibilities multiplies.

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How to Select the Right KPIs for Supply Chain Benchmarking

Logistics Bureau

The most appropriate portfolio will contain a mix of service-oriented KPIs, such as delivered on-time and in-full (DIFOT) or perfect order, and some focused on cost, like supply chain costs as a % of sales. Joining an existing peer group of companies that openly share performance data and best practice information.