Sun.Apr 22, 2018

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Better Spare Parts and Supply Chain Management via 3D Printing

Logistics Bureau

Supply chain management is a constant juggling act. It must balance overall inventory, local availability, and variations in demand. If managing these factors is already a challenge for new products, then spare parts represent the ‘perfect storm’. Maintenance programs and quantities may be designed into a product life cycle. However, they are not always followed.

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Essentials of Hiring Third Party Logistics Company in India

AAJ Enterprises

Businesses of today’s time have so many activities and task to perform on daily basis, from production to marketing campaigns, they have to pay heed to each and every functioning to make themselves superior and successful in the market. This is the reason why businesses are giving huge preference to outsourcing the task of distribution and storage to third parties who are professional and experienced in the industry.

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Cycle Inventory in Supply Chain Management

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

As we were studying logistics and supply chain, something occurred to me: why couldn’t we simply order a lot so that we have enough inventory for a long period of time? Otherwise, why couldn’t we order the exact quantity to match the customer demand? Well, reading through logistics article, I found my answer! A company cannot afford to order a huge quantity of product as the holding costs (cost of keeping the product in the company inventory) will be extremely high.

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How to ensure profitability in sea freight shipment. – Shipping and Freight Resource

247 Customs Broker

Profitability in sea freight shipment is not a myth or a unicorn. It is very possible. Read how. . It is not a secret that ocean transportation and logistics is currently confronting immense change in terms of new technology, new markets, rising customer expectations, and new business models. There have been a few articles on this blog about these advances like Blockchain based Bill of Lading , and other technologies that are shaking up the freight industry .

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Queuing management system in banks

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

In our last class, we were talking about queues system, Queues or waiting lines is a general phenomenon in everyday life, queues are usually seen at post offices, bus stops, hospitals, bank. In the banking sector or any business sector the managers trying to improve the customer satisfaction by offering the better service. Every customer waits to be served according to the length of the queue.