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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Mini Case Study: Walmart. Implemented cross-docking in its supply network to enable inventory reductions. Supply Chain Network Design. Given this impact on business success, it’s disconcerting to realise that just 22% of companies take an active approach to supply chain network design. .

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7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

Mini Case Study: Walmart. Implemented cross-docking in its supply network to enable inventory reductions. Supply Chain Network Design. Given this impact on business success, it’s disconcerting to realise that just 22% of companies take an active approach to supply chain network design. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

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Building a better prepared Australian Defence Force after the Defence Strategic Review – supply-chains and logistics and the way in which both improve military resilience

Logistics in War

Force posture is underpinned by supply chains, distribution and the technical systems – military and civilian – that ensure that the right ‘stuff’ gets to the right location. National Defence requires the ADF to develop a northern Australia network of bases ‘to provide a platform for logistics support, denial and deterrence’ (p19).

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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. So it launched a pilot program with six dealers to obtain regular updates on lead time and forecast data using Excel spreadsheets and email.

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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

Logistics Bureau

Recent studies have shown that among the challenges frustrating warehouse and distribution centre managers this year, rising energy and labour costs are two of the most often cited. It’s a good idea to begin by gathering knowledge about the areas of high energy consumption in your warehouse or distribution centre.

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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. The company also increased its use of third-party logistics providers and effectively created a network that could be tactically optimized at any given point in time.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost-reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. The company also increased its use of third-party logistics providers and effectively created a network that could be optimized tactically at any given point in time.