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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

For example, you don’t want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers’ needs. Ideally, though, evaluating your position against competitors should not solely be a KPI benchmarking exercise. For example: How much automation will you need in your warehouse(s)?

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Gartner Announces Rankings of the 2018 Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25

247 Customs Broker

In 2018, Cleveland Clinic continued improving its services and employed RFID technology for high-value medical devices and a less-expensive solution for commodity products. “In “Building a leading supply chain in healthcare is a very deliberate exercise that takes years of effort and lots of resources,” he said.

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Top Supply Chain and Logistics Articles of 2019

PINC

He goes on to say that companies can get the best of both worlds—affordable storage space and high levels of customer service—by using a digital yard management system (YMS) that incorporates passive radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and real-time location systems (RTLS) to manage their yard assets. “A

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

For example, as online sales reach a record high, B2C service provider Jet.com uses some creative logistics concepts to bring value to customers. For example, understanding collaboration and communication is as important as understanding modeling and technology. It is also an exercise in trade-offs.