Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

And, of course, I will also share how knowing your cost-to-serve will help you to solve those all-too-familiar performance gremlins. Of course, it’s always possible to factor estimates of those costs into your product or service pricing, but then you can find yourself overpricing them. Of course, it’s not a panacea.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 3, 2018

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. The Road to Habbaniya’ is a two-problem exercise.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 4, 2024

It doesn’t take too much imagination to see how these acquisitions also increase the market control exercised by the companies concerned. Of course it can be if it’s done for the right reasons —and done right. What Makes Vertical Integration Strategies Attractive? On the other hand though, there is plenty that can go wrong.

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The Lean Thinker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

I remember walking through a facility with a group of managers on the way to the area we were going to see. For Abnormal Conditions: ACT: These are actions that the leader must take if she finds something that isn’t “as it should be” in the course of the CHECK questions above. Key Point: These are leadership actions.

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Airfreight Logistics

JULY 4, 2019

The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management ( AHA Centre ) and Deutsche Post DHL ( DPDHL ) Group, the world’s leading mail and logistics services provider, signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) today to collaborate on emergency preparedness and disaster response.

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Logistics Manager

JULY 4, 2019

The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management ( AHA Centre ) and Deutsche Post DHL ( DPDHL ) Group, the world’s leading mail and logistics services provider, signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) today to collaborate on emergency preparedness and disaster response.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Of course, contacting the customers is the right thing to do, but when it is the shipper and not the customer, who initiates a change in the delivery schedule, there is no way it should be recorded as “on-time delivery.” Of course, some “standard” KPIs might fit flawlessly. Golden Rule #8: A Meaningful KPI Has an Owner.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. 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. If you want business success (and who doesn’t?),

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

The answer is to benchmark your freight, of course. Better freight rates for your trade lanes: Whether you ship freight by air, land, or sea, your shipments will travel along specific routes or groups of routes, known as trade lanes. So how can you be sure you’re getting the best freight rates possible?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Of course, you can have as many other metrics as you like, but the KPIs are the ones that should form a catalyst for action. If your KPIs are common ones, it shouldn’t be a problem, of course. Joining an existing peer group of companies that openly share performance data and best practice information.

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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. Could Drones Ease Road Congestion?

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Of course, contacting the customers is the right thing to do, but when it is the shipper, and not the customer, who initiates a change in the delivery schedule, there is no way it should be recorded as “on-time delivery”. In Rule # 5, I mentioned the need to tailor KPIs to specific stakeholder groups.

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Conger

JULY 20, 2020

Of course not. This portion of training must consist of “demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee” [OSHA standard 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) ]. With lots of options and aggressive marketing for online certification courses, you've probably had this question cross your mind.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

According to a recent report by the Urban Transport Group, some 3.8 For any logistics company, running a van fleet can be a costly exercise. In this way, the Teletruk greatly reduces the risk of load and vehicle damage and, of course, eliminates the risk of injury associated with manually handling loads in to vehicles.

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Penske Move Ahead

MAY 17, 2019

For over a decade, Penske Truck Leasing associates from the Greater Vancouver Area have once a year traded in the driving lanes for the bowling lanes when they raise money for Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver (BBGV) – an organization that provides free one-to-one, group and in-school mentoring programs for more than 1,200 local children.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 26, 2018

For most of human history, the success of that exercise has rested on the appointed seer’s years of experience, coupled with some indefinable grasp of probability. Of course, it’s not really simple at all. The act of divining the future is nothing more than a consideration of possible scenarios, and their impact on a business.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Of course we expect our people to be flexible, to ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’, and they did this magnificently. Combat units particularly had fallen into a very austere mindset exacerbated by short exercises where soldiers and unit-level Q staff were able to be self-sufficient for the duration.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 7, 2018

to the complex exercise of pricing. of course, has the potential to affect multiple stages and functions of the supply chain. can be of particular value in sussing out the interactions between different types of inputs — “places where humans may not realize that these types of variables are grouped together,” says Webb.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

Light lunch: cold cuts, bread coffee, and soda: simple: this expenditure is up to you, of course. Now that you know how to get a supplier day conference and are collaborating with your suppliers better, it’s time to have a value analysis exercise. The group may choose different secondary functions to realize the main function.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In order to meet these objectives, Starbucks divided all its supply chain functions into three key groups, known as “plan” “make” and “deliver” It also opened a new production facility, bringing the total number of U.S. Reduce cost to serve. Lay the groundwork for future capability in the supply chain.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

With no way to unlock the infected computers, Maersk had to rebuild its IT infrastructure almost from scratch, installing 4,000 new servers, 45,000 new PCs and 2,500 applications over the course of ten days. Cyberattack numbers soar . And the annual cost of responding to cyberattacks is rising steeply, up more than 27% in 2017.

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Logistics Marketing Advisors

JUNE 20, 2018

Communication is a two-way street, of course. If an honest assessment points more to the latter, now is a good time to course correct. It makes sense for you to research and identify this target group of prospects, and the people responsible for airfreight shipping decisions, and then to reach out to them. Technology can help.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

In more than 25 years of private practice and consulting with businesses of all sizes, I’ve learned that one of the most beneficial exercises is asking the right questions. Minimizing Business Mistakes is All About Asking the Right Questions. Running a business effectively and seeing it grow (or shrink), can be a time-consuming process.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

To meet these objectives, Starbucks divided all its supply chain functions into three main groups, known as “plan” “make” and “deliver” It also opened a new production facility, bringing the total number of U.S. Reduce cost to serve. Lay the groundwork for future capability in the supply chain.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. 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.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

It can of course also be used to make an already profitable relationship even more profitable! By grouping a particular number of customers together, profitability can also be evaluated for a customer or market segment. Collecting and Using Cost to Serve Data. The Cost-To-Serve approach is a pragmatic one.

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FLS Transport

JANUARY 4, 2021

It will be all-hands-on-deck as the greater economy, industrial, manufacturing, and housing businesses all fire back up and that pent-up demand and idle cap-ex are exercised. (2) The distribution of the vaccine will extend beyond the small group in the pharma supply chain and will likely impact the whole cold chain business.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

This project was in a steady state from almost 2-3 years having Level 2 (support group based onsite at client locations) & Level 3 (support group based in offshore locations) model. This exercise was done before the monthly planning cycle start.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. 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.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Darren Prokop, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA): As in the academic world in general, there is a trend to online course delivery. We also provide frameworks for effective interactions with others in courses such as purchasing, negotiation, professional selling, and team-based assignments. What can be measured can be managed.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 18, 2015

He is based out of Hyderabad, India and is closely associated with the ECO group at Infosys, working on sustainable practices. No one is an exception in the sustainability exercise, with this I mean each and every participant within the supply chain including manufacturers, suppliers, logistics etc.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

There are numerous solid freight broker training experts – Dennis Brown from Freight Broker Bootcamp school , and Scott Woods from the Transportation Training Group , just to mention a few. We asked David from LoadTraning how much time one would have to set aside to pass a freight broker course as well as some hands-on training.

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It was the case for LTCOL Lou Brumfield when he deployed the 1 RAR Battalion Group to South Vietnam in 1965 and for LTCOL David Hurley and the 1 RAR Battalion Group deploying to Somalia in the early 1990s. And this is more than the biennial Exercise Talisman Sabre. Cost-capture. Mortuary Affairs. Logistics Over the Shore.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 9, 2021

A financial modelling exercise to quantify the potential cost savings of the usage of digital shipping documentation, namely the electronic bill of lading (eBL) showed that at a global economic growth rate of 2.4% Data the “new” gold, is in high demand all over the world and especially now in the shipping and freight industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2024

Asking these what-if questions entails assessing the impact on multiple areas, such as packaging, production, inventory, distribution, and of course customers. Too often forecasting is an exercise is done by a demand planner, who tosses it over the fence to someone else to fulfill.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2018

“We have seen Russian attempts to interfere and to influence,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who plans to visit Vucic in Belgrade next week during joint NATO-Serbia emergency-response exercises. “It But Brussels officials, watching Russian actions in Serbia with alarm, say the country’s Western course is hardly guaranteed.

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

Michael D’Angelo, manager of port operations for Volkswagen Group of America. This is something Anu Goel, executive vice-president, group after sales & services at VW Group of America, also picked up on, stating that vehicles getting bigger meant fewer being shipped per rail wagon or truck. Trade wars.

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