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Sales and Operations Planning: The Interpersonal Element

Logistics Bureau

Has your company ever suffered problems with, implemented, or even considered implementing a sales and operations (S&OP) planning process? More to the point, though, for S&OP to be effective, it matters not whether a company uses Excel spreadsheets or the latest best-of-breed sales and operations planning software.

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Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach

Logistics Bureau

The person who gave the presentation I attended offered the example of a speech by late US President John F. As I explain in a YouTube video on this subject, I recently saw a good example of how a BHAG can galvanise a workforce and make a dramatic impact on productivity. For example, their increase in productivity was 217 percent.

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Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations

Material Handling and Logistics

Learn how to organize your data operations in alignment with supply chain strategy. Cloud-based supply chain management tools, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are expected to figure prominently in future supply chain operations. Finding Transformative Opportunities in the Supply Chain.

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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

Here are the challenges retailers may face in their supply chain operations in 2022 and some tips for overcoming them. this experience has changed how we dress and exercise. We stopped going to the gyms and favored outdoor activities or at-home exercises. As we welcome 2022, we also welcome new supply chain challenges.

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Learning to See in 2023

The Lean Thinker

In the photo above, it is the operational leaders who are explaining what they are learning to me. ” exercise followed by a calculation about whether it is even worth going through that effort or might be cheaper to just outsource the entire thing to a “low wage country.”

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Ambitious Growth Plans? Your Customers Will Right-Size You

The Lean Thinker

The business literature is full of examples of this – companies who could not keep up with their own success, their performance deteriorates and, well, many of them go out of business. Starry-eyed executives often look only at the financial models, maybe equipment capacity, and skip over the operational aspects of their due diligence.

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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. If, for example, you are concerned about the pick rates in your warehouse, or your transport costs, or your inventory accuracy, benchmarking can help you because it can show you exactly where your performance is compared to others in your industry. Informal Benchmarking.