Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Within this discipline, one of the toughest challenges is how to get visibility to problems arising across the extended supply network. But the further up the supply chain BD went, the less incentive suppliers had to participate in these exercises. Thirdly, the tool can improve their financial forecast.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

So how can you be sure you’re getting the best freight rates possible? At Logistics Bureau, we want to help you with that, so we’re publishing this brief guide to help you if you haven’t already included freight benchmarking in your management strategies or want to benchmark more effectively than you are now.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 20, 2020

What tools are important for you now? Well, ordinarily my WFP laptop would be my main tool but I left it in Ethiopia when I came on what should have been a short trip home. Kamal’s two rooftop activities: reading and exercise. Apart from work, how are you doing? What tools are important for you now? see the photo.

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FourKites

JANUARY 7, 2021

Emphasizing agile and lean logistics management will allow you to outperform slower competitors through the ability to make informed decisions on the fly, rather than relying on gut instinct or incomplete information. Logistics managers today must contend with a growing number of unforeseen factors and disruptions.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Faculty members from some of the leading logistics education programs share their thoughts on how higher education is preparing tomorrow’s professionals for the challenges ahead. Q: What are the latest trends in logistics education, and how does your program address them?

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Excessive costs can hide anywhere in your company’s service provision or supply chain functions, including manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and customer service. If you haven’t done a segmentation exercise, that would be a positive first step towards understanding customer profitability.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 15, 2019

In the automotive logistics sector, a number of vehicle-makers and logistics service providers have been prompted to investigate the potential of technology such as glasses or goggles that can overlay a heads-up display onto a normal view of the world. “For Vision picking.

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Penske Move Ahead

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The purpose of this report is not to critique any fleet's performance, but rather to give them the tools so when they need the answers and the metrics in their continuous improvement efforts that they can grab onto those metrics in the report and move on," said Tom Moore, executive vice president of NPTC. By "Move Ahead" Staff.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 24, 2018

Making secure software is not simply about tools and technologies, Römmele cautions. “It It depends on people and how they behave,” he observes. Internal guidelines spell out how to address risks and test fixes. Boulton: No tool can spot every error. We have a method we’ve rolled out across Continental,” he adds.

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Logistics Marketing Advisors

JUNE 20, 2018

For example, if you regularly share information with your list using a marketing automation tool like HubSpot, you can easily determine who is and isn’t interacting with your content. How to Comply with GDPR Legislation. If an honest assessment points more to the latter, now is a good time to course correct. Technology can help.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

Then how about joining our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure cycling team and help us raise money for JDRF in our quest to create a world without type 1 diabetes! Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions for 2019? Are you’re still looking for a personal challenge this year? Our goal is to raise at least $80K this year and have 10+ riders.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. It also stands to reason that when you undertake a slotting exercise, you should think about it from the perspective of these activities.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics. Is Your Fleet Routing the Best It Can Be?

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 29, 2015

We conclude our ongoing series in talking about effective KPI management by giving you a real live Logistics KPIs management case study from Whirlpool's engagement with a logistics service level provider. The Reiterated Importance of Understanding and Managing KPIs in Business and Logistics Management.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

If yours is one of those businesses shifting from traditional to online retail, you’ve probably faced some of the logistical challenges arising from the need to deliver your customers’ purchases to them. You may have added new products to your range, engaged new suppliers, or begun working with third-party logistics providers.

Cost Reduction 117

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Even if you simplify your product range and your upstream suppliers, you still have to deal with the ramifications of diverse customers, their expectations, their location and the logistics needed to meet their requirements. Logistics costs are often a big contributor to overall Cost to Serve. Sales organisation costs. Marketing costs.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

Now that you know how to get a supplier day conference and are collaborating with your suppliers better, it’s time to have a value analysis exercise. This “item” can be a product, a system, a process, a procedure, a plan, a machine, equipment, tool, a service or a method of working. What is Value Analysis?

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

The port of Long Beach has since adopted it and the tool is available to other ports, according to Nagle. For premium makes, the use of enclosed trailers to move vehicles by road can be 10 times more expensive than rail, exacerbating logistics costs. What have been some of the high points in logistics in your career?

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