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Resilience by Design: The Power of Simulation in Supply Chain Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain network design (SCND) is a powerful tool for improving business operations. Demand is at the Heart of Supply Chain Network Design The first step in the SCND process is translating business rules into a set of data inputs: demand, products, customers, sites, shipment rules, production details, and various constraints.

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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics strategy as an enabler of new business models. They promoted logistics to the level of core process and enabler of new business models and now view a thought-through logistics strategy as an opportunity to stand out by offering a better service level to their customers, such as same-day delivery.

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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve followed our blog over the years, you’ll know that we’ve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why it’s vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.

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Navigating Market Uncertainty with Sarah Bertram

The Logistics of Logistics

She brings almost 20 years of supply chain and benchmarking experience to DAT, where she is focused on providing actionable insights to shippers through DAT’s Benchmark Analytics and Rateview benchmarking tools. The platform offers a wide range of features and tools to help shippers find available carriers and carriers find available loads.

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The Denim Story with Shawn Story

The Logistics of Logistics

As CTO, Shawn leads Denim’s technology strategy, product development, data operations, and development of a technical framework to support the company’s rapid growth. Shawn runs an ever-expanding group of engineers tasked with building new products at pace while fostering a culture of tenacity and transparency.

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Network Design Empire – Who are the kings?

Log-hub

Increased customer satisfaction, balancing the cost and revenue in order to generate profits, highly optimized operations, and a data-driven approach, lead to a more accurate way of designing supply chain networks. Welcome to the Network Design kingdom, the sovereign ruler of the supply chain industry!

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

Do we have a demand forecasting tool in place and, if so, how good is that forecast? At the same time, another company might have twenty suppliers with similar pricing strategies, who supply the same raw material. However, they could decide not to aggregate their SKUs because of the vast difference in production time and margins.