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Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

Logistics Viewpoints

This solution allows human resource managers to review performance against over 50 external workforce key performance indicators, access global market intelligence (including rates, talent supply and demand, and time-to-hire trends), and track progress across diversity and worker health and safety initiatives.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

Implementing the solution involved cleaning up master data and mapping their complete global supply chain. Risk management solutions scrape data from hundreds of thousands of online & social-media sites, but Autoliv also has access to sources of information that they pay for. The implementation was not trivial.

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8 Things Companies Common Mistakes in Supply Chain Management

Logistics Bureau

With so many analytics applications available and all the hype about big data, a lot of companies are drowning themselves in supply chain data to the point where it’s hard to see the wood for the trees. Of course, manual systems allow small business owners to manage inventory with limited investment in systems.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. A disciplined approach to the collection, cleansing, and standardisation of supply chain data. That means the customer must be a primary focus when considering supply chain strategy, network design, and performance management.

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Package Your Way to Supply Chain Cost Reductions

Logistics Bureau

Many articles on the topic of supply chain cost reduction have been written, most of which are understandably focused on issues such as inventory levels , network design , process efficiencies and supplier management/relationships. Of course a lot depends on your supply chain characteristics.

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The Transportation Supply Chain: Transportation’s Role in Supply Chain Management to Lower Total Costs

GlobalTranz

At distribution centers, Walmart uses cross-docking, a process in which product is exchanged between trucks so that each truck going to a retail store has products from different suppliers. Managers should ensure that a firm’s transportation strategy supports its competitive strategy.

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Cost To Serve – A Smarter Way to Improved Supply Chain Profitability

Logistics Bureau

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. If profits start to decline afterwards, your CTS data can offer valuable information about what changed and how to get back on track.