Material Handling and Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2018

It’s no surprise that the current labor market is presenting a big challenge for organizations within the supply chain. The collection, access, analysis and utilization of data must be a primary consideration, not an afterthought. Omni-channel movement presents some complex problems, but the answers are always in the data.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

Below I will outline how a vendor managed inventory model, in conjunction with reverse marketing, value analysis, and collaboration will achieve supply chain cost reductions. Reverse marketing starts first with Value Analysis. Light lunch: cold cuts, bread coffee, and soda: simple: this expenditure is up to you, of course.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

Similarly, a Honeywell investor presentation stated that its Intelligrated business grew by approximately 50 percent in 2021. Do they have reason to believe it has run its course? Below are a few interesting tid bits from the publicly available information I have reviewed so far in my analysis of the global warehouse automation market.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Health Supply Chains Present Complex Challenges. Of course, a lack of support from universities means that there are no locally produced supply chain professionals. However, I think the only way to make meaningful progress in these geographies is, of course, to have local talent there all the time helping to solve these problems.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, we’ve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It’s not a short list, so we’ll set it down here as a summary to help you with plans for analysis.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 13, 2015

There are, of course, tactical metrics for accounting functions like viewing open and paid invoices or the ability to identify when shipments are due, but also must include strategic metrics and reports for more in-depth analysis. Lane Analysis. By Carrier On Time Performance. broken down by the current and past (12) Months.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. It can of course also be used to make an already profitable relationship even more profitable! This sounds like common sense.

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WorkWave

MAY 24, 2024

Of course topics like due diligence, deal structure and valuation matter, but are there other variables you should be factoring into the equation outside of the money? With a background in playing professional soccer with MLS’s FC Dallas, Cano brings a unique strategic perspective to corporate development and financial analysis.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

Detailed cost-to-serve analysis can be complex and time-consuming, so it’s a good idea to break the task down by priority and target specific areas on which to concentrate. You will probably find, from your initial analysis, that your cost-to-serve follows the 80/20 rule. Which process steps cost the most, and the least, to complete?

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In an attempt to help you keep your supply chain organisation from analysis paralysis, metric manipulation, or measurement misnomers, I decided to use this post to share nine important guidelines, or golden rules, for benchmarking your business and monitoring performance using meaningful supply chain KPIs.

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Logistics Problem Solving

JUNE 2, 2017

Many times, the shipper goes to their IT department to get the data they need to run an analysis to find out how compliant they are or to look for strategies to lower their spend. For example, a routing guide compliance problem could present itself as a carrier billing issue. Stale, Incomplete Data Is a Problem in Problem Solving.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 24, 2023

But, of course, the shipping industry will the feel the growing pains of these new regulations significantly more. To go even further, international enforcement presents many challenges. How is a ship’s emissions efficiency calculated and determined?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

Let’s put a major multinational – Saint-Gobain – under the microscope to illustrate how this kind of analysis. A worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain is present in 72 countries with more than 167,000 employees. And the results are more credible when presented to business leaders.

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10xLogistics

APRIL 3, 2024

If you assume that is true then where is the analysis of what the dollar or minute could be doing? The concept of NPV (Net Present Value) tries to get at this. Time, of course, is your most valuable resource and that is completely fungible. Theoretically, any project with a positive NPV should be funded.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Of course, it has long been the case that publishers target their readers. My job is not to determine for the reader what they should think, but to present information from all sides of an issue, with a proper degree of analysis and context, and let them come to their own conclusions. Which leads me back to my initial tweet.

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10xLogistics

JUNE 13, 2013

Sometimes I will hear of giant shippers presenting they are "better than market" based on their benchmarking through external agencies. Of course, you are better, you are huge! The question is, from a "should cost" analysis, are you as good as you should be? And, of course, how the freight is moved is what is most important.

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3PL Links

JULY 7, 2023

The Role of Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management | Image source: Pixabay This article describes the transformation that data analysis and the supply chain are fostering and how it will impact business intelligence. Intelligence-driven businesses are interested in supply chain management and data analysis.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 18, 2019

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. Governance and logistics reliability and assurance frameworks which ensure strategic and tactical concepts are viable depend on this analysis. Huston, Sinews of War. 1] See Eccles, H.,

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 19, 2023

With Computed MyoGraphy, it is possible to define overload as a key figure that has a direct influence on lost work days, thus enabling a “real” ergonomic analysis. In the area of process analysis, state-of-the-art tools are used that can be used without integration into the IT structure.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

The best way to correct present and avoid future errors in the supply chain is to see what happened in the past. Intelligent video analysis provides you with insights that allow you to check back to when a fault occurred, take the appropriate action and then follow up to ensure the same fault doesn’t occur again. “It

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Historical and contract load tender data offer near-real-time data access and analysis. Historical and contract load tender data tracking and analysis have proven valuable to understand what to expect. Of course, it also means ensuring that the platform used has a large-enough dataset and is designed to analyze it effectively.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 31, 2019

Following an interesting course about Inventory Management, we received this phrase in a conclusion e-mail, that made me think. The most talkative example here (of course…) the giant of retail Amazon. The fact that there is not an all-done solution for Inventory Management, is because information is always lacking.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Through the course of 2017, and because of my academic research, I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants. Rather than using intuition to inform decisions, people often retreat behind analysis to avoid choosing between difficult options. By David Beaumont.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

The need for any S&OP process to have an executive sponsor who actively participates in the process, albeit only by exercising final approval over plans and, of course, making any decisions that call for executive authority, cannot be overstated. S&OP is ostensibly a numbers game, of course. The Executive Sponsor.

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10xLogistics

MARCH 24, 2013

Of course, while that is a highly held belief of HR departments and other strategy people what we find in real life is it usually is the execution portion of the business that makes or breaks the company. Not simply tactics, but a system of getting things done through questioning, analysis, and follow-through.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 27, 2016

Everyone’s supply chain career has to start somewhere, so there’s no shame present in being untested from a practical perspective. Courses Endorsed By Industry Associations. These courses are run by education companies and institutions that are thoroughly vetted by education experts within the CILTA ranks.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Equally, these anecdotes present the ADF experience as one defined by collective complacency and hubris at a policy level. That being said, the committee paper was an important start to a wave of analysis, introspection and problem solving which occurred soon after the INTERFET forces returned home.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

Customers, conferences, and colleagues past and present are all possibilities for sharing insights and information. Of course, generally, you should not expect to get more out of networking than what you put into it. As in other domains, data analysis and business intelligence requirements and opportunities are now on the rise.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

Standardise and Digitise The key to managing complexity, of course, is to be organised. You can then use that calculation as the basis of a handling charge for customers to be deducted from their return credit or factored into any cost-to-serve analysis you might perform to determine customer profitability.

Inventory Reduction 98

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In an attempt to help you keep your supply chain organisation from analysis paralysis, metric manipulation, or measurement misnomers, I decided to use this post to share nine important guidelines, or golden rules, for benchmarking your business and monitoring performance using meaningful supply chain KPIs.

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3PL Insights

MAY 23, 2016

With thorough analysis of the customer journey through your website, you’ll be able to better isolate the issues that are causing potential buyers to leave or even get so far as to abandon a full shopping cart. By having a clickable shopping basket always present, people will be able to browse through it whenever they want.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MAY 19, 2021

Since its introduction in 2018, FreightWaves SONAR has provided subscribers with the most current freight market data, analysis and insights. However, SONAR and SONAR SCI provide the data, intelligence and analysis that subscribers need to be much more knowledgeable on the reefer sector of the market.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

At LogiMAT in Stuttgart, Germany, KNAPP presented technologies that help companies meet these goals. Each of these areas can of course stand alone; however, when combined, they provide an incredible advantage. There is no zero-touch fulfilment without robotic picking. This is exactly the combination KNAPP focuses on.

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

The article presents findings from a survey conducted across over 200 global supply chain professionals to highlight how the pandemic has increased the need for freight market intelligence and how it continues to be relevant even as supply chain issues resolve. This was, of course, an extremely popular use case for market data.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

That is why we have conducted extensive surveys and analysis. A: But of course on the customer! We want to inspire our visitors with our new solutions, which we plan on presenting to them in an extraordinary way! We have been talking about a new era lately, and we don’t just mean the industry, but all of Europe as well!

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

That is why we have conducted extensive surveys and analysis. BB: But if course on the customer! We want to inspire our visitors with our new solutions, which we plan on presenting to them in an extraordinary way! We have been talking about a new era lately, and we don’t just mean the industry, but all of Europe as well!

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The first steps, of course, are to understand the challenges you face, prioritise them for action, and consider the resources and help you need to meet and overcome them. There are, of course, several ways to achieve a logistics knowledge infusion. Of course, as an enterprise grows, it becomes harder to coordinate all the moving parts.

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