Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Example A: Fashion Retailer – Business Strategy is short life cycle products. Example B: Supermarket Retailer – Business strategy is to have low cost to compete effectively. Example C: Oil & Gas – Products and services are diverse. Hence following so-called industry trends may not always yield targeted results.

Inventory Reduction 96

Inventory Reduction Inventory Logistics Network Optimization Software Cost Reduction 96

Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

Within a Center of Excellence, an end-user has the aerial view that only a 4PL can offer: supplier performance management, risk mitigation, customs clearance, visibility control and alert management. There is a major difference between a TMS and a true 4PL Center of Excellence solution, however.

Optimal Sourcing 72

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3PL Links

OCTOBER 6, 2022

With the businesses they collaborate with, they become partners and take full ownership of the management, analysis, and execution of the supply system. There are five different categories of logistics professionals: 1pl, 2pl, 3pl, 4pl, and 5pl. Despite possible confusion, logistics companies provide more than only services.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 62

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 6, 2024

4PL 4th Party Logistics – A step beyond 3PL, 4PL providers manage the entire supply chain for a client. COA Certificate of Analysis – A document that confirms a product meets its product specification. Examples include food, beverages, cosmetics, and household products.

Supply Chain Planning Software 75

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

At our Blue Yonder ICON event later in April this year and 3PL Execution Forum in June, 3PL and 4PL companies will explain how they are leveraging innovations as an advantage. An example is carrier network services for executing a cohesive set of first-, middle- and last-mile operations and optimizing common carriers and fleets.

Supply Chain Planning Software 113

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

Omnichannel, where a consumer, for example, might buy online, collect in store and pick up another item there, then return something by mail. For example, cancellations of orders fall if long term lead time information is more detailed. Data then analysis then decisions. Own the total.

Supply Chains 67

Supply Chains Purchasing Skills Sourcing Strategies Price Reduction 67

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2025

ABC Analysis: A form of Pareto analysis applied to a group of products to enable selective inventory management controls. However, the classification parameter can be varied; for example, it is possible to use the velocity of turnover rather than annual demand value.

Supply Chain Planning Software 76

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

For example, we facilitated 15 of our members going to Dubai Expo 2020. We’ve recently commissioned a non-government export analysis which was a complete drill down into the minutiae of Slovakia’s export potential and its five-year history. Their aspirations to take their products into a larger market have yet to be fulfilled.

Negotiating Skills 70

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Logistics Manager

DECEMBER 18, 2018

For example, food will be required close to BBD (best before date) and batch control is necessary for recalling and tracking purposes. One example of how we cope with challenges, is DKSH’s capability to deal with any temperature through the ASEAN countries. “Beyond that, that are specific rules for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).

Distribution 31

Distribution Supply Chain Planning Software Transportation Modeling Software 31

Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Descartes Smartanalysis is the industry’s leading digital and analogue tachograph analysis and reporting Software as a Service solution, for fleets and road transport operators of all sizes. By opting to use the online pre-payment, our customers will save time and money allowing them to focus on other areas of their businesses.

Modeling Software 28

Modeling Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Cost Reduction Compliance 28

Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 7, 2020

For example, despite warmer weather approaching, comfy tracksuits are booming as people are staying at home, rather than purchasing evening wear or prom dresses. Primark, for example, has no online business to offset its lack of in-store revenue, now all of its 189 UK stores have closed. Growth of ecommerce.

Supply Chain Planning Software 41

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2018

We thought going with a TMS was the best long-term decision,” says Richards, having weighed up the advantages against employing a fourth-party logistics provider (4PL). That gives Aptiv’s logistics department a view of when the part has been picked up and on which ocean vessel it is being moved, for example. .

Supply Chain Design Software 43

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

Meanwhile, the main benefit of relying on a single 3PL or 4PL contractor, for a carmaker, is that you don’t need to invest in your own sophisticated and complex information systems – not only TMS, but also yard management systems and light manufacturing systems – with their accompanying team of IT and business managers,” he says.

Outbound 28

Outbound Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement 28

Automotive Logistics

JUNE 12, 2018

The judges felt this was a good example of the use of new technologies to support an existing business function and provide performance improvements and were impressed with the way the technology provider and logistics company had worked together. Better visibility award winner: 4flow – Opel/Vauxhall Transportation Control Centre.

Supply Chain Design Software 31

Supply Chain Design Software Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Logistics Network Optimization Software 31

Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For example, it either makes sense to outsource logistics activity to a 3PL, or it makes more sense to keep it in-house. For example, outsourcing can seem like a potential cure for obfuscated logistics costs , given that lack of cost transparency is a common issue for organisations that manage logistics internally.

Outsourcing 98

Outsourcing Cost Reduction Resource Reduction Expense Reduction 98