Logistics in War
MAY 2, 2024
In fact, Defence’s logistics capability was in a long-term ‘secular’ decline which followed four decades of sales of infrastructure, commercialisation and outsourcing, and successive force structure programs and plans which harvested the ‘tail’ to, it was thought, the ‘teeth’. Before this time, the situation was grim.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 11, 2024
Facing pressure to both ensure access and capture profits before the patent window expires, companies are loathe to lose sales. Supply chain orchestration enables seamless collaboration All this tinkering undoubtedly involves effort from across the supply chain, from sales to procurement to manufacturing to distribution and more.
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Logistics Bureau
AUGUST 1, 2022
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.
Logistics Bureau
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
If you can only say “No”, I will not be surprised, because many companies have never drilled down into the costs involved in selling specific SKU categories, individual SKUs, or providing particular services connected with those sales, to specific customers or customer categories. And that is the sole purpose of cost-to-serve analysis.
Logistics Bureau
MAY 31, 2021
Let’s begin with a look at why, in general, retailers with multiple sales channels are more likely to experience difficulties in reducing cost-to-serve. If it were simply the fact that online sales typically involve home delivery, then omnichannel sellers would have no more cost-to-serve challenges than their pure-play online competitors.
Logistics Bureau
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Of course, as this is an ultimate guide to product slotting, it would only be fitting to leave you with a statement about the cost benefits if it includes an explanation of how they come about. It also stands to reason that when you undertake a slotting exercise, you should think about it from the perspective of these activities.
Logistics Bureau
JULY 18, 2022
The added benefit of working with such a partner is that because they collect performance data from hundreds of companies, they can help you choose the most appropriate key performance indicators to use in your benchmarking exercise. After all, even extensive articles dedicated to the topic can barely scratch the surface.
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