Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

This article was first published in the July / August 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. However, remember that products or subassemblies that never made it out of the factory may need to travel backwards one or more stages along the supply chain. Tempting, but wrong. Reverse logistic isn’t simply a reverse gear.

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Reverse logistics Vendor Strategies Logistics Network Optimization Software Inventory Reduction 53

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

This covers security policies, threat awareness, security training, exercises. Factories and warehouses can be built away from other buildings. Goods origination, third-party security, foreign customs are examples. This can mean supply chain data, applications, IT systems, and IT account access. Security awareness.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 63

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool. Any company wishing to leverage its supply chain as a service differentiator can learn many lessons from Zappos.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction 111

Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

In this article, we look at why you might want to collaborate in your logistics, where opportunities lie, what makes collaboration work, and conversely, what makes it fail. Any company that thinks collaboration can work as a “throw it over the wall” exercise is likely to be disappointed. No properly supportive management.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Logistics Network Optimization Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software 40

Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

In this article, we look at why you might want to collaborate in your logistics, where opportunities lie, what makes collaboration work, and conversely, what makes it fail. Any company that thinks collaboration can work as a “throw it over the wall” exercise is likely to be disappointed. No properly supportive management.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Logistics Network Optimization Software Manufacturing Procurement Logistics 40

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I could understand how trade data would allow the solution to detect potential suppliers in the extended supply chain, but not how the solution would know that it was the supplier’s factory in Xian China – as opposed to Tianjin – that was the source for a component that eventually ended up in a product.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 14, 2025

The Factory Gate Pricing (FGP) and Primary Freight (PF) strategies, as adopted by major grocery retailers, are causing a shudder up the spine of many retail suppliers. What are Factory Gate Pricing and Primary Freight strategies? Under the FGP and PF models, the retailers collect the products from the suppliers factory gate.

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Price Reduction Cost Reduction Sourcing Strategies Negotiate Pricing 75

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 18, 2022

There are several reasons for this that are beyond the scope of this article. In 2018 it was reported , for example, than an iPhone is assembled by workers at Foxconn’s factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou; and made of raw materials and components sourced from 43 nations.

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