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Rethink Your Distribution Network Optimization

Stord

The move to re-evaluate your distribution network may be driven by the need to reduce costs, or perhaps you are launching a new business strategy. Whatever the motivation, reassessing your distribution network optimization is an absolute necessity. If the customer wants it now, the network has to meet the request.

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Developing a Distribution Strategy with Matt McGregor

The Logistics of Logistics

Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. Matt is a supply chain industrial broker focused on representing firms associated with warehousing, fulfillment, manufacturing, logistics, and distribution facilities. About Colliers.

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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. Optimization and simulation are the two main branches of SCND. Optimization accounts for over 90% of all work that is being done by SCND teams. It can be used to solve a wide variety of supply chain problems. But it has gaps.

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5 More Transformative Supply Chain Technologies Supply Chains Will Focus on in 2018 to Move to the Next Level

GlobalTranz

Supply chain technology is a difficult, exhilarating topic to cover in detail. Supply chain managers will focus on several key supply chain technology implementations or considerations which will impact consumer spending habits, consumer-business interactions and performance measurement.

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Streamline Your Supply Chain with a Network Analysis

CH Robinson Logistics

Company ABC engaged with their 3PL’s supply chain engineer team, who performed a network optimization analysis and made a final recommendation to eliminate 20 of the warehouse locations. A simplified, streamlined supply chain with better visibility to inventory and optimal warehouse locations. The result? Change what?

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How BT is Building a Connected Supply Chain Amidst Ongoing Transformation

AIMMS

With almost 30 million customers, BT (British Telecom) is the largest provider of consumer mobile and fixed broadband communications services in the UK. The supply chain division fulfills 40,000 individual customer orders every day, making sure that 32,000 engineers get the tools, parts and equipment they need to deliver support and services.

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15 Improvements by the Deployment of The Internet of Things in the Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

The list of relevant applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) era technology across multiple industries and market segments continues to grow. Deployment of the Internet of Things technology within the chain has significant potential to drive advancement in: Evolving solutions support to simulation. Improve service levels.