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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

Do we have a demand forecasting tool in place and, if so, how good is that forecast? Once you have a model in place, it becomes possible to play out various events and find the best way to react. Moreover, with a pinch of advanced analytics we can start predicting the future events and taking preemptive action.

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FreightFest 2023 with Rahmel Wattley

The Logistics of Logistics

Truck N’ Hustle provides the news, stories, resources, and tools for transportation and logistics professionals to be successful in the trucking business. About FreightFest 2023 FreightFest 23 , presented by Truck N’ Hustle, is an eagerly anticipated event in the Trucking, Transportation & Logistics industry.

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Signs of a Failing Lean “Implementation”

The Lean Thinker

If this company might be you… here are some questions to think about: How much actual cultural change has taken hold in the day-to-day operations since you have been engaging in kaizen activities? What policies or expectations are in place that systematically undo the results of a kaizen event? Your supervisors?

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Four Essential Supply Chain Management Tools

CLX Logistics

To meet these demands, shippers need the right supply chain management tools with the flexibility to grow and scale as needed. The right supply chain management tools help not only to enable shippers to provide better customer service and on-time deliveries but also to remain competitive with everyone else in the market.

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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

This was written four years before I first encountered Toyota Kata , and reflected my experience as a lean director operating within a $2billion slice of a global manufacturing company. Kaizen Events. Are neither necessary nor sufficient to implement [our operating system]. Kaizen tools included. Kaizen tools included.

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AnyLogic: the right tool for simulating your supply chain

Logistics Business Magazine

Simulation modelling, the process of creating and analysing digital prototypes of existing and proposed systems to predict their performance in the real world, has become one of operational research’s most important fields. Other types of prototypes are not always practical for testing all possible operating conditions.

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Customer Relationship Management for Ecommerce Brands

Ship Monk

Today’s CRM platforms have adapted and expanded their tools to meet the needs of ecommerce businesses. Let’s take a look at CRM systems, the tools they provide, and the benefits they offer to ecommerce businesses. Here are some of the tools CRM systems offer.