Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

The person who gave the presentation I attended offered the example of a speech by late US President John F. As I explain in a YouTube video on this subject, I recently saw a good example of how a BHAG can galvanise a workforce and make a dramatic impact on productivity. For example, their increase in productivity was 217 percent.

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ShipLilly

AUGUST 5, 2021

This article explores the implications of the port congestion surcharge and the possibilities of avoiding or minimizing it. Examples include port fires, inclement weather, and labor disputes. The first thing is to consider the discretion exercised by the shipping companies when calculating the congestion surcharge.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In this article I will outline, firstly, the reasons why organisations outsource logistics activities, and secondly, what the key drivers are for outsourcing success. For example, companies that have their own in-house vehicle fleet often struggle to deliver products on time. It must be a joint exercise. But what of the balance?

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. For example, you don’t want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers’ needs. It may do, but how do you know?

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

In this article, I will redress the balance by exploring outsourcing from a more holistic perspective, focusing on ways to consider outsourcing partnerships for improvement throughout the supply chain. So, for example, outsourcing sales activity is not typically a good idea if yours is a retail sales company.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 2, 2021

For example, you might use simple observation to identify visible defects at goods-in, or you could make your analysis a bit deeper by testing a percentage of items received from the supplier. For example, every purchase order costs money to raise and process, as does every invoice. Supplier Defect Rate.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. For example: Compared to selling a product in-store, the cost to deliver that same item as a small parcel can be several times higher. Rework – due to errors.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In answering that question, we’re not going to provide you with a list of possible supply chain KPIs to use in your business—at least, not in this article. Because you can find plenty of other articles on this blog and the Logistics Bureau blog if you’d like to peruse such lists. Conflicting KPIs: A Brief Example.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

JUNE 29, 2020

For example, cargo shipped via air may experience extended periods of vibration you could use vibrating monitors to discover exactly how much vibration, and use that information to choose a different shipping method that wouldn’t subject the cargo to the same level of stress.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. For example, slotting strategies often involve placing the fastest-moving SKUs close to the warehouse dispatch zones, minimising picking operatives’ travel distances and times.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 15, 2016

All of these symptoms potentially are a sign that a slotting exercise is overdue. Examples include discrete pick (as assignment per order), consolidated orders, often used when discrete picking happens at the customer venue, and so on. This article is the first in a planned series on slotting. Product Slotting. What will you do?

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Logistics in War

MAY 2, 2024

There are, of course, many other examples where assumptions had led to risks being accepted in advance of war, and preparedness failures occurred as a result. The media, think-tanks and all sorts of commentators have followed Ukraine’s experience of invasion to find another prompt that something should be done.

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Sabinext

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In my last article of 2018, “ Which Trends Will Change the Rules of Logistics in 2019? ”, I talked briefly about urban logistics and megacities. I want to dedicate my first article of the year to take a closer look at the specific consequences of urbanization and how they can be approached. The challenge of being too big to fail.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Since I first published this article back in 2009, warehouse design principles haven’t altered that much, but as we received many comments, including requests for more information, I figured it might be a good idea to expand on the original piece. For example, we need to know if we can get to the required level of packaging unit.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

In this article, we’ll explain why that should be and how your company can avoid S&OP problems by investing correctly in the people and their interrelationships , without which it’s simply impossible to tie the moving parts of S&OP together. But what makes it so challenging to implement S&OP successfully?

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Similarly, the occasional articles such as Brigadier (retd) Mick Kehoe’s series at Logistics In War , remind us that there are pertinent personal stories from the past that remain eternally relevant to the soldier, sailor or airman. This article will describe the impact of strategic resourcing and logistics problems on operations.

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10xLogistics

JANUARY 7, 2018

At that time I had just read an article about the DOJ investigating the airlines concerning collusion on capacity and ticket pricing (The original article was on Bloomberg News and titled: What Does it Take to Prove Airline Collusion ). The example used in the lawsuit is, according to the article: ".airline

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Logistics in War

MARCH 6, 2020

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. These articles might suggest to some that any attempts to devote time to addressing logistics readiness are likely to fail. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.

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WorkWave

MAY 31, 2019

Here are 4 sales approaches to exercise harmoniously while conducting pest control sales in 2019: 1. Consultative selling is all about shedding the canned pitches and automatic responses in favor of a set of techniques exercised while conversing with potential customers. Practice Consultative Selling. This is really a mindset to adopt.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Thus, if you find out that an expensive transport solution (courier for example) is routinely being used to deliver a low margin product to a customer, you’ll understand that much better if the end result for you turns out to be a loss. Customer-specific services. Returns management. The Value of Knowing Your CTS.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We hope the tips and ideas in this article will help you make inroads into warehouse energy and labour cost reduction. However, in this article, we’ll focus exclusively on the cost factor, drawing your attention to some questions you might ask yourself (and your team) about your facility’s energy usage.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

For example, American commentators go so far as saying there is a ‘crisis’ in flagging a range of contemporary preparedness problems within the US Department of Defense including aviation incidents, capability gaps created with lower Defence budgets, and inadequate logistics support to the fielded force.

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Globalior

MAY 11, 2020

This articles deals with the export licensing controls for exports out of the United States. For example, if you are re-exporting controlled products containing US technology out from Singapore, you will need to meet the export controls requirements of US and the strategic goods controls of Singapore.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

So that’s the route we’re taking in this article, exploring the evolution of fleet route optimisation from a time-consuming pen-and-paper exercise to a high-tech process that, in some cases, can be completed in minutes. The answer could be to focus on the execution side of route optimisation.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

With that question answered, I’m giving the rest of this article over to highlighting several business and supply chain issues, which, if you are experiencing them in your enterprise, are potent indications that CTS analysis should be on your agenda —for execution at the soonest. In short, you can’t. I can think of a few more.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 1, 2024

If we look at the right hand layout, which is after going through a slotting exercise, you can see how all of the faster movers are now down towards the dispatch area. But the reason I mention it is also has an impact on how much you can fit into that warehouse because part of the slotting exercise is looking at the size of the slots.

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ShipLilly

AUGUST 5, 2021

This article explores the implications of the port congestion surcharge and the possibilities of avoiding or minimizing it. Examples include port fires, inclement weather, and labor disputes. The first thing is to consider the discretion exercised by the shipping companies when calculating the congestion surcharge.

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Turvo

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In such tricky times, exercising forward-thinking and planning shipments in advance can help businesses take advantage of the holiday season. The Meishan terminal at the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port shutdown is the perfect example of this. The Rippling Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Shipping Challenges.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Examples are pre-hiring and background checks. Goods origination, third-party security, foreign customs are examples. This covers security policies, threat awareness, security training, exercises. Examples are ERP for manufacturing, CRM for sales and operations, and TMS for transport management. Business partner.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 20, 2020

All this must be exercised; it is noteworthy that the Australian and U.S. armies do not presently share a major strategic logistics exercise in which to consider how they might respond, together, in a crisis.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

It will also make it easier to determine, for example, if you should opt for contract rates over spot rates or vice versa. Firstly, if you plan to benchmark as a one-off exercise now and again, you might engage a specialist team of consultants to execute a project for you. What Are Your Freight Benchmarking Options?

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 6, 2016

In this Article, Daniel discusses the importance of positivity on and around the manufacturing floor and the industry itself. It’s time to exercise that authority. Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Daniel Waldron from Armagard.

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GoShip Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Some examples of CPGs are personal hygiene products, food, beverages, and cosmetics. Conditions such as the freight container’s temperatures and the care exercised during loading and unloading are carefully considered when transporting specialty goods. One such example is a Rolls Royce. What is Consumer Packaging?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

One person’s supply chain career might be focused on the specific area of freight forwarding, for example, whereas another person’s might encompass end-to-end operational management from raw materials management to customer invoicing. Supply chain is often what people define it to be. Check your possible “return on investment” too.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Examples of Blockchain in Food Supply Chains. The examples we’ve looked at so far illustrate the uses of blockchain to promote sustainability in the supply chain and assure consumers that they are buying ethically sourced products. Big Names are Backing Blockchain. Other Food Industry Blockchain Initiatives.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. For example, supplier performance issues can cause problems with inventory, order fill, on-time delivery performance, and customer-order lead times. . Mini Case Study: Walmart.

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Conger

MAY 28, 2021

By the end of this article, you’ll learn: Why forklift operator safety training is important. Lucky for you, this article is here to help! The instructor may give a lecture, show a PowerPoint slideshow, play videos, or host a question-and-answer exercise to discuss training topics. An example of a forklift certification card.

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