Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 2, 2021

Whether you’re planning to benchmark your supply chain or simply trying to improve how you measure its performance, it makes sense to know a little about the most commonly used KPIs for each supply chain component. A lot will depend on the nature of your industry and the categories of supplies that you receive.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the resiliency test. Let’s start here: what is supply chain resilience? What is Supply Chain Resilience? Embracing technology is part of that solution.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Planning such a large operation efficiently is no doubt a challenge, but HEINEKEN’s quest for efficiency started in the company’s early years. Today, the company is betting on prescriptive analytics to plan its operations more efficiently and prevent lost sales in a constantly changing market. But it had its limitations, of course.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

As a supply chain director, manager, or boss of a multinational corporation, where the supply chain is an integral part of your business, supply chain cost reductions are always at the forefront of your team’s mind. Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Planning a Warehouse Network and Design: Key Factors to Consider. Some Tips for Multi-Warehouse Network Planning. Let’s begin with a look at network planning, because whether your company requires one warehouse or five, your service, efficiency, and costs will be influenced heavily by your choice of location and capacity.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

If you’re serious about continuous improvement and developing a best-in-class supply chain to serve your organisation, keeping your managers and workforce educated is paramount. As any established supply chain professional will testify, this is a field in which the real learning begins after the formal education has ended.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 30, 2020

Until the Coronavirus began wreaking its havoc, global companies could run their supply chains on the assumption that disruptions would be rare and short-lived, and that products should be sourced, produced, and distributed at the cheapest locations to be found, wherever in the world that may be. 1) Create Transparency.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

Through its extensive span of activities, the supply chain sector offers wide-ranging possibilities for employment and career progression. In a different context, online retailer Amazon spotted inefficiencies in the supply chains of other companies. The Supply Chain Career Environment.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

The answer is to benchmark your freight, of course. Indeed, today’s advances in digital technology have made freight rate KPIs much more accessible—but that accessibility comes at a cost. Alternatively, you can procure access to a digital freight benchmarking platform. The Pros and Cons of Procuring a Benchmarking Tool.

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Logistics in War

MAY 11, 2023

The paper, of course, covers a swathe of topics and concepts. Logistics and force posture National Defence requires the ADF to develop a north-Australia network of bases ‘to provide a platform for logistics support, denial and deterrence’ (p19). This is, of course, a normal goal for logistics planners to have.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. A Long History of Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Supply chains are complex entities. While customer satisfaction is a hugely important criterion by which supply chain success is judged, so is supply chain profitability. While customer satisfaction is a hugely important criterion by which supply chain success is judged, so is supply chain profitability.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2017

The impact of supply chain performance on the success of a business is significant, but often underestimated, even within companies well-versed in supply chain management. Look for the signs, recognise the symptoms and if you need it, get some help to fix these important supply chain issues.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The truth, of course, lies somewhere in between. This is the playground of logisticians who attempt to control a ‘system of activities, capabilities and processes that connect the national economy to the battlefield’, establishing a ‘well’ from which the force draws its combat potential or firepower. More on this later.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

If you plan to continue your omnichannel retail operation, though, and compete successfully with pure-play etailers, it’s something you will need to get a handle on. To make things easier, it might be worth considering an investment in some analytics software to speed up the process, and of course, you won’t look at every SKU or customer.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

As youll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. As a result, weve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. Step 1: What do Your Customers Want? What do You Need to Know?

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 5, 2020

By Anne van de Heetkamp, VP of Product Management GTC, Descartes: Acknowledging potential weaknesses in your supply chain before they are exposed by elements beyond your control is of critical value. With current events in mind, managing future supply chain disruptions will be an integral component of corporate strategy.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

My exercise plans for the weekend are set. So, without further delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: UPS, Overwhelmed by Online Orders, Warns of Delivery Delays (WSJ – sub. Ford to test new self-driving vehicle technology in 2018 (Reuters).

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Logistics in War

JUNE 20, 2020

Interoperable and integrated logistics networks, capabilities and systems can be leveraged to create situations of tremendous advantage. It is easier, of course, to provide a case for improved logistics interoperability than it is to deliver it. All this must be exercised; it is noteworthy that the Australian and U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 15, 2016

The purpose of a warehouse is to provide storage of products to meet customer demands and inventory allows the decoupling of demand and supply. Often this inventory is used to smooth out the supply chain from disruptions (whatever they might be). All of these symptoms potentially are a sign that a slotting exercise is overdue.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

At Georgia Southern, we dispel this by illustrating the dynamic nature and variety of daily activities a supply chain manager encounters. Darren Prokop, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA): As in the academic world in general, there is a trend to online course delivery.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Did you know that supply chains and wristwatches have two things in common? For the organisation with the supply chain, it is to satisfy more customers, more profitably to the organisation. Second, what goes on underneath the watch face or behind the top level supply chain dashboard can be very complex.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Planning such a large operation efficiently is no doubt a challenge, but HEINEKEN’s quest for efficiency started in the company’s early years. Today, the company is betting on prescriptive analytics to plan its operations more efficiently and prevent lost sales in a constantly changing market. But it had its limitations, of course.

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Logistics in War

JULY 8, 2023

The review, and statement which followed, portends sweeping changes to the Defence Integrated Investment Plan and to the force structure and the roles of the ADF’s Services consequently. Supply chain resilience is, of course, a part of this narrative – as we are reminder every time we hear about guided-weapons or military fuels.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Supplying any force requires an understanding of ‘provisioning’ and ‘stockholding’ To say these were done poorly is an understatement. At the tactical level, effective supply support results from the provision of appropriate in-service items of supply necessary for the identified force to conduct the operation.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

If you’re a supply chain professional, the tips and guidance in this post will probably not be new to you. Without sufficient attention to these elements, your company will find it harder and harder to compete against the growing number of organisations taking a strategic supply chain stance. “What?

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 31, 2016

If you’re a supply chain professional, the tips and guidance in this post will probably not be new to you. Without sufficient attention to these elements, your company will find it harder and harder to compete against the growing number of organisations taking a strategic supply chain stance. Supply Chain Strategy.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Technology Services. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. These 3 master data elements contributed to almost 50-60% of planning issues.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 20, 2020

I’ve set up a small office in my bedroom where I know I have a good internet connection and constant power supply. What tools are important for you now? Well, ordinarily my WFP laptop would be my main tool but I left it in Ethiopia when I came on what should have been a short trip home. What’s your new office set up like?

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Planning such a large operation efficiently is no doubt a challenge, but HEINEKEN’s quest for efficiency started in the company’s early years. Today, the company is betting on prescriptive analytics to plan its operations more efficiently and prevent lost sales in a constantly changing market. But it had its limitations, of course.

Modeling Software 48

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 30, 2020

Interoperable and integrated logistics networks, capabilities and systems can be leveraged to create situations of tremendous advantage. It is easier, of course, to provide a case for improved logistics interoperability than it is to deliver it. All this must be exercised; it is noteworthy that the Australian and U.S.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 24, 2019

This month we spoke with Rich Sherman , senior fellow at the Supply Chain Council of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services. He is an internationally recognized thought leader and author on trends and issues across supply chain management. He also held senior management positions at several supply chain startups.

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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. NotPetya used versions of hacking tools stolen from the US National Security Agency. Cyberattack numbers soar .

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Saving on costs whilst improving business efficiency Although the principles of “just-in-time” management are highly recommended for pressurized supply chains, it is increasingly difficult to fully implement them. These challenges were worsened by a range of supply chain disruptions that soon followed.

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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. It’s vital that any automated pricing system be able to adjust immediately. They never will. Still, the coming of A.I.

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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. But pricing — given its dependence on a host of ever-changing factors — seems an especially fertile target for the technology. In its purest form, A.I. In its purest form, A.I.

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