Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. Overall, the sessions were all very insightful and informative.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

The most likely reason for the difference is the complexity of sales and distribution through multiple channels. If your enterprise is new to trading in a multichannel environment, you may have experienced challenges in the following areas: Supply chain visibility: Omnichannel distribution networks can be complex and fragmented.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Excessive costs can hide anywhere in your company’s service provision or supply chain functions, including manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and customer service. View case study Learn more about cost-to-serve benefits. Let’s examine several possible issues that can lead to profit margin erosion.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

Distribution & or Plant tour: each Supplier Day Conference team member escorts an effective number of suppliers and shows them your facility: time sensitive as per above comment. 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.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Mini Case Study: Walmart. Along with the design of supply chain strategy, the design of the supply chain itself, especially the part dealing with outbound distribution from plants or warehouses, is instrumental in the success or failure of businesses. . Mini Case Study: Whirlpool. Supply Chain Network Design.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Intermedia Brand Marketing was founded in 2010 and specialises in magazine marketing and distribution, including retail newsstand distribution and subscription marketing and fulfilment. But newly released functionality in ProSKU now means that multiple items can be bulk-picked in one exercise and then sorted into individual orders.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 1, 2024

If we look at the right hand layout, which is after going through a slotting exercise, you can see how all of the faster movers are now down towards the dispatch area. But the reason I mention it is also has an impact on how much you can fit into that warehouse because part of the slotting exercise is looking at the size of the slots.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

Distribution Strategy and Tactics. It was probably around a decade late in implementing basic distribution cost-saving practices such as hub-and-spoke distribution and cross-docking. To implement automation in distribution centres and back-of-store warehouses. To optimise transportation and distribution.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

In a research study we conducted last year (commissioned and published by BluJay Solutions), we asked supply chain and logistics professionals that question and “Warehouse Automation/Robotics” ranked in the top three, behind “Mobile Devices and Apps” and “Control Tower Visibility.”. Robots in the Warehouse.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JULY 13, 2020

Photo: WFP/Rajendra Rasaili Every day, Ashiki makes a point of getting in some exercise. Ashiki is keen to get back to her studies. The closure of schools is putting at risk the future of millions of children around the world, affecting not only their ability to learn but also their access to nutritious food and health-support schemes.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

A product can be analysed in terms of overall costs to stock and distribute it. Alternative modes of service and distribution can be investigated before trying them out in practice. In a warehouse for example, activities might be described and studied as per the following examples: Unload pallet from inbound delivery vehicle.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

We needed increased readiness, enhanced mobilisation capabilities, more and better strategic lift, improved logistics, improved engineering capability, better mobility, improved long-range communications and an ability to win water, distribute fuel over the shore as well as improved stevedoring and medical services.’.

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Sabinext

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Moving thousands of people and products effectively from A to B on a daily basis is an incredibly complex exercise, both financially and environmentally. The Future of Urban Mobility study by Arthur D. Little suggests that demand for goods mobility in urban areas worldwide will multiply by three from 2010 to 2050.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Along with the design of supply chain strategy, the design of the supply chain itself, especially the part which deals with outbound distribution from plants or warehouses, is instrumental in the success or failure of businesses. SEE ALSO: 10 Reasons to Review Your Distribution Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design.

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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.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

At the operational and tactical level, East Timor may not be a great case study for combat arms officers however for the logistician, there are lessons to be learned at every level from the Commander Joint Logistics down to the private soldier. This would not be like a month-long exercise in the local training area.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Recent studies have shown that among the challenges frustrating warehouse and distribution centre managers this year, rising energy and labour costs are two of the most often cited. It’s a good idea to begin by gathering knowledge about the areas of high energy consumption in your warehouse or distribution centre.

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 16, 2017

3] In this model, the personnel and material move from the United States to larger bases and are then distributed to ever smaller locations as required by the mission. 4] Individual service studies and those of partner allies back up the same thesis. [5] USAF C17 during a recent joint forcible entry exercise; photo by USAF.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 21, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. Case Studies. |. These forms key contributors to an effective transformation exercise. They are an integral unit for success of any transformation exercise and should go hand in hand. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare.

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Logistics in War

JULY 8, 2023

Force posture is underpinned by supply chains, distribution and the technical systems – military and civilian – that ensure that the right ‘stuff’ gets to the right location. National Defence requires the ADF to develop a northern Australia network of bases ‘to provide a platform for logistics support, denial and deterrence’ (p19).

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

You can always use testing (as a condition of issuing the reading material) or some similar exercise based on the books your employees receive, to ensure they use the material to further their own supply chain education. Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies and Case Studies, by David Simchi-Levi et al.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. Case Studies. |. This exercise was done before the monthly planning cycle start. This exercise yield positive results, in terms of planning community getting their confidence back in APO system & overall solution, over a period of time. Communication Services.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 1, 2019

Photo: WFP Photo Library Cost-benefit analysis studies carried out by WFP and partners have shown that every dollar invested in school feeding programmes can yield up to 10 dollars in improved health, education and productivity. Training on food safety and quality (here, in Kenya) is a crucial element of school feeding programmes.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. Case Studies. |. Enterprise transformations are a multi-year exercise in the making. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing. Media and Entertainment. Medical Devices. Public Sector.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. Case Studies. |. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing. Media and Entertainment. Medical Devices. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Public Sector. Publishing Resources Industries. Business Services.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 8, 2024

You can always use testing (as a condition of issuing the reading material) or some similar exercise based on the books your employees receive, to ensure they use the material to further their own supply chain education. They also come with the benefit of education “on tap”, enabling your employees to study at any time.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. Case Studies. |. Following are some of the key considerations which I think an organization should make to reap benefits from an optimization exercise in Asset management. Companys managements view of Asset management as a mere liability creating exercise needs to change.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 3, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. Case Studies. |. You do regular exercise to ensure frequency of your breakdown can be reduced or you take your kid for scheduled vaccinations - Preventive Maintenance. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In one logistics class, we turn the classroom into a distribution center for a period, and play a simulation game. Second, we study the flow of goods and services that are the ever-present relays of intermodalism. In Germany, students study the automobile industry; in Norway, they study the oil and gas/energy industry.

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Conger

JULY 20, 2020

What do I need to study? 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) ]. Then, when you start, you’ll watch videos, do some reading, and complete interactive exercises to help you learn and retain the information.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. Case Studies. |. EAM can often become a tedious exercise for a public organization due to its inherent nature of spread and unavailability of dedicated workforce for continuous monitoring of Assets. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. Case Studies. |. As was the case last year, the 2012 holiday buying season will be very much about the continued leveraging power of consumers in exercising multi-channel buying preferences and technology-enabled online tools. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Transportation spending is a perennial target of budget-cutting exercises, and a large, multi-faceted cost center for many companies; some may spend three to six percent of their materials costs on transportation. These two steps can reap a considerable return on investment.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

The variety of functions involved – product design, procurement, warehousing, production, transport, distribution, sales, for instance – encourages demand for new employees and multiplies possibilities for moving around inside too. Historically, the supply chain sector has been dominated by male employees.

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 4, 2019

At the operational and tactical level, East Timor may not be a great case study for combat arms officers however for the logistician, there are lessons to be learned at every level from the Commander Joint Logistics down to the private soldier. Fresh rations receipt, bulk break and distribution. Transit area operations. Bulk handling.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 31, 2018

Corporate Strategy Division, Nippon Express USA. “I’m a typical Japanese businessman,” Uchida said, explaining how he started with the company’s air freight division after completing his university studies in 1982. He also served in management roles in Germany, where he was in charge of intra-European air cargo.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Historically, this product ‘footprinting’ exercise was both tedious and expensive. Typically product life cycle studies included just a handful of products, and results were extrapolated to similar products.

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