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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. Slowly the productivity went up. The BHAG—the Big Hairy, Audacious Goal.

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Ambitious Growth Plans? Your Customers Will Right-Size You

The Lean Thinker

He is reflecting his experience in varied industries that if a company grows beyond its ability to deliver quality product, on time, then order volume will drop until it reaches a point that performance returns. Then ask “What is our plan to close this gap?” – and run the same exercise on executing that plan.

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Learning to See in 2023

The Lean Thinker

It took four 11×17 (A3 size) sheets taped together to depict what happened as raw steel came in one end of the building and was cut, bent, welded, painted, and assembled with purchased components into the final product. ” But there is another, more tactical, reason to ask this question.

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Supply Chain Design Crosses the Chasm

Logistics Viewpoints

The demand patterns significantly shifted in terms of the product and channel mix. Pop up warehouses, micro fulfillment centers, and warehousing-on-demand are all examples of how the nodes are becoming increasingly dynamic. This is leading these organizations to move from Design being an episodic activity to a continuous process.

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Bottom Line: What is the ROI of Supply Chain Network Design Software?

AIMMS

One in the pharmaceuticals industry and another in consumer hi-tech products. While businesses differ in complexity and size, for this exercise we extrapolated based on these $7.5Bn baselines. To do this, we built two representative models of a business. businesses, particularly at this time of great change. ” – Tweet this.

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High Ocean Freight Rates Might Spoil Holiday Season Shopping This Year

Turvo

In such tricky times, exercising forward-thinking and planning shipments in advance can help businesses take advantage of the holiday season. Add import spikes to stock up on products ahead of the peak season to this, and shipping terminals will continue to run extremely congested. .

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SEC Group delivers IMHX sustainability zone

Logistics Business Magazine

Consumers increasingly show a preference for brands and products with authentic sustainability credentials and, as a result, more companies will only deal with businesses that share their sustainability values and don’t treat the issue as another marketing veneer.”. IMHX 2022 group director, Rob Fisher, comments: “In business,?sustainability?refers

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