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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. In such a scenario, a primary constraint could be the ability of the warehouse operation to keep up with dynamic route planning.

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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. Determine operating methods. The BHAG—the Big Hairy, Audacious Goal.

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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

Starry-eyed executives often look only at the financial models, maybe equipment capacity, and skip over the operational aspects of their due diligence. In the end, though, if the operational capability is not there, then none of the plans actually matter. If anything, it often breeds cynicism because it is read as unrealistic.).

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The FreightTech Dilemma with Brad Wheeler

The Logistics of Logistics

With additional experience as the Manager of Sales and later the Director of Business Operations, Brad has been a key contributor to successfully scaling Emerge from a workforce of 30 to over 300 employees. in Exercise & Wellness from Arizona State University and M.S. Brad’s higher education includes a B.S. About Emerge.