Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

If you’re a decision-maker with accountability for your organisation’s entire supply chain, and you’re just starting to think about outsourcing, perhaps to reduce costs or improve service, this post should prove well worth the few minutes it will take you to read it. What Can You Outsource, and What Should You Outsource?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, there is no quick and easy way to curb increases in the cost of energy and labour, but now is an excellent time to start thinking about practical ways to reduce energy usage and increase labour productivity and efficiency. There are several possible ways to eliminate this form of energy wastage.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

As youll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. As a result, weve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. A company without a supply chain strategy is at a competitive disadvantage.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Furthermore, such methodology can be applied to vendor relationships. If a vendor fails to deliver product as specified, the vendor may be advised of how future violations will affect contractual obligations. However, you must exercise caution to make sure you do not damage your vendor-shipper relationship.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Transportation spending is a perennial target of budget-cutting exercises, and a large, multi-faceted cost center for many companies; some may spend three to six percent of their materials costs on transportation. The bundling of production and transportation costs into vendor contracts is one reason behind this difficulty.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. It was a strategic/tactical analysis, disconnected from day-to-day operations, and the software tools were difficult to learn and use.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

A plan is necessary, possibly based on one of the following strategies. Reverse Logistics Strategy 1: Don’t do it! IT vendor Dell, for example, handles requests for returns via its support organisation. Reverse Logistics Strategy 2: Make it Painless. Reverse Logistics Strategy 3: Make it Profitable.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

At Logistics Bureau, we want to help you with that, so we’re publishing this brief guide to help you if you haven’t already included freight benchmarking in your management strategies or want to benchmark more effectively than you are now. There are several advantages to understanding your freight costs compared to the market generally.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2016

However based on observations made in the course of our consulting work, many organisations perceive it as a purely remedial or punitive exercise. For example, companies often make the mistake of ramping up performance evaluation only when one of their vendors begins to let them down. Why is this a mistake?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

For example, capable supply chain employees can still be made redundant simply because one organisation takes over another and rationalises the resulting supply chain operations by eliminating duplicate supply chain positions. Inventory (inventory specialist, vendor-managed inventory/replenishment specialist). Mechanical skills.

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Blog on Log

AUGUST 19, 2006

However, in reality most strategic planning exercises neither embed foresight, nor create responsive networks. It also includes ‘what-if’ sensitivity analysis and simulation techniques to sense the effects of delta changes in demand, supply, or network and helps respond better to changes.

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FLS Transport

JANUARY 4, 2021

It will be all-hands-on-deck as the greater economy, industrial, manufacturing, and housing businesses all fire back up and that pent-up demand and idle cap-ex are exercised. (2) Per the FMCSA calculations, this represented a very deep cut of 4.4% But most the analysis shows the market softening in the second half.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Peter Lukszys, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison): In terms of different logistics applications, we see a lot of interest in humanitarian aid logistics and the impact of logistics strategies on climate change. But the economic downturn forced companies to pinch pennies and reduce costs. It is also an exercise in trade-offs.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation.

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