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What is Order Picking?

Logistics Bureau

Any warehouse design exercise that doesn’t include a rigorous approach to designing the processes and equipment layout for Order Picking, is suspect. A properly designed order picking document can also increase the accuracy of the Order Picking operation. Order Picking is the productive operation in a warehouse operation.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

So thats the route were taking in this article (no pun intended), we’ll be 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. But first, what is route optimisation?

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What are supply chain professionals using to make network decisions? 

AIMMS

Only about 22% use network design software and 18% use network design software with embedded analytics among this group. . In fact, as Market Watch reports, close to 90% of spreadsheet documents contain errors. “Do you currently use advanced analytics to optimize your network? Spreadsheets are also known for being error-prone.

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

Logistics in War

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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The Promise and Peril of Generative AI for Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

For knowledge management, imagine generative AI primed to intelligently search all of a company’s internal documentation to solve all kinds of problems from “how did we do this before” to “how do I do this now.” Perhaps the most useful way to think of generative AI is as the future of how we interface with computers.

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The beginning of the end for the Paper Bill of Lading

Shipping and Freight Resource

BOLERO ( B ill O f L ading E lectronic R egistry O rganization) was launched in September 1999 as an electronic trade community to provide a common and open system for businesses to exchange trade data and documentation electronically without the involvement of paper.

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Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions

GlobalTranz

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. Reverse Marketing : Suppliers are invited to join your Value Analysis group as they are the experts in the field for the item/commodity you are analyzing. What is Value Analysis?