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Top courses to upskill manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The last few years have proven that manufacturers need to be agile to respond to market demands at all levels of the operation without increasing costs and waste or sacrificing efficiency. Here’s a list of top courses manufacturers should consider in 2022 to stay ahead: 1. Distribution. Business Processes.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Over a relatively short period, a transport or fleet manager’s ability to support an efficient distribution network through route and delivery optimisation has shifted from almost nil to almost limitless. But first, what is route optimisation?

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What are Reverse Logistics?

Logistics Bureau

A well-implemented reverse logistics system is essential for managing these backward movements efficiently. By focusing on this, businesses can not only achieve operational efficiency but also build for long-term success. Much depends upon the nature of your supply chain operation of course.

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Cultivate a Stickier Customer Base Using WMS Add-On Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

Technology’s place in supply chain operations is well established and much appreciated, as it helps improve accuracy, visibility, and efficiency from orders coming in and shipments moving out. The answer, of course, is yes. He has experience in strategic planning, improving operational efficiency, team building, and project management.

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Logistics, preparedness and the Defence Strategic Review

Logistics in War

The paper, of course, covers a swathe of topics and concepts. Fuel and ammunition feed into the discussion of force posture, and the importance of exercises to build ‘preparedness including minimum viable improvements in key areas’ is also clear (pp 78-80). This is, of course, a normal goal for logistics planners to have.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. Logistics readiness is a function of total organisational performance and efficiency. Logistics readiness is not just a matter of prioritising Defence resources. Logistics organisation.

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Decision-forcing cases for logistics: practicing logisticians to overcome ‘wicked problems’

Logistics in War

As such, his cardinal virtues are thrift and efficiency. Also known known as a ‘historical immersion problem,’ a decision-forcing case is an exercise in which participants take on the role of an actual person who, at some point in the past, was faced by a particularly challenging problem.