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Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach

Logistics Bureau

I recently attended a great presentation during which the presenter referred to a BHAG —a big hairy audacious goal. The person who gave the presentation I attended offered the example of a speech by late US President John F. For example, their increase in productivity was 217 percent.

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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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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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Learning to See in 2023

The Lean Thinker

I dutifully presented my findings to the plant manager and his continuous improvement manager. In the photo above, it is the operational leaders who are explaining what they are learning to me. And things pretty much ended there. Years later, another plant manager asked me to come out to their site and map their value streams.

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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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Supply Chain Design Crosses the Chasm

Logistics Viewpoints

Pop up warehouses, micro fulfillment centers, and warehousing-on-demand are all examples of how the nodes are becoming increasingly dynamic. Just a handful of optimization and operations research experts ran models of the network and made recommendations. Supply Chain Design has crossed the chasm after all!

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SEC Group delivers IMHX sustainability zone

Logistics Business Magazine

Brand new for 2022, the IMHX Sustainability Zone will combine physical displays, augmented reality, and virtual reality demonstrations to give visitors a ‘deep dive’ into the many steps that companies operating in the supply chain space can take to make sure they perform as sustainably as possible. sustainability?refers

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