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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

Of course, it would be possible to write an entire book on this particular subject, so for the sake of keeping this article relatively brief, I’ll stick to a short explanation of crucial factors to consider when planning a warehouse network (even if it is a network of one). Think About Inbound Too. Where are your suppliers located?

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Supply Chain Planning: 4 Essential Year End Questions to Ask Yourself

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This guest contribution the Cerasis blog comes from our friends over at Fronetics an inbound and content marketing company who specializes in marketing for companies with a keen value adding business model for those in the supply chain and logistics industries. Controlling Incoming or Inbound Freight.

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To Slot or not to Slot? That is the question

Logistics Bureau

Of course some warehouses may skip some of these steps but for those that need to pick products and dispatch products to meet customer requirements, the location of products within the warehouse significantly affects the efficient warehouse operations. All of these symptoms potentially are a sign that a slotting exercise is overdue.

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Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement

Logistics Bureau

Of course, the consequences, and their seriousness, will depend on the criticality of the product, but availability challenges are never desirable. One way to get a handle on this is to measure their track record of product availability.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Supply Chain Cost Management Results: By the time Starbucks had completed its transformation program, it had saved more than $500 million over the course of 2009 and 2010, of which a large proportion came out of the supply chain, according to Peter Gibbons, then Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain Operations.

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Total Supplier Performance Evaluation: More than a Suite of KPIs

Logistics Bureau

If your organization is struggling with unreliable inbound supply, one of the first things to examine is the effectiveness of your supplier performance evaluation process. However based on observations made in the course of our consulting work, many organisations perceive it as a purely remedial or punitive exercise.

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

Logistics Bureau

It can of course also be used to make an already profitable relationship even more profitable! Step 1: Agree on Objectives: CTS analysis is highly valuable as a general exercise, especially if your company has never completed one before, but certain specific problems can also be solved with help from CTS analyses.