Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

If you’re a decision-maker with accountability for your organisation’s entire supply chain, and you’re just starting to think about outsourcing, perhaps to reduce costs or improve service, this post should prove well worth the few minutes it will take you to read it. What Can You Outsource, and What Should You Outsource?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

The digital twin, for example, can be subjected to numerous stress tests that mimic real-world conditions and observe how different variables interact and impact the entire network. Supply chain policies and configurations are tested and leverage reinforcement learning to yield the best possible strategies.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Robinson are great examples of major 3PLs that have transformed the industry. Examples of the Biggest 3PL Companies Which third party logistics providers are out there that you may have already heard of? Making the Final Decision Let’s bring this all together with a practical exercise.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, there is no quick and easy way to curb increases in the cost of energy and labour, but now is an excellent time to start thinking about practical ways to reduce energy usage and increase labour productivity and efficiency. Is Our Warehouse Lighting Energy Efficient? Are We Lighting Our Warehouse Spaces Unnecessarily?

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

Let’s begin with a look at why, in general, retailers with multiple sales channels are more likely to experience difficulties in reducing cost-to-serve. For example: Compared to selling a product in-store, the cost to deliver that same item as a small parcel can be several times higher. High Cost to Serve: It’s an Omnichannel Problem.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but is often underestimated in its importance and hence receives less strategic attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

On the one hand, the practice has become more sophisticated as people explore and learn application in contexts other than the original industrial examples. That book provides working examples of vertical linkage between organizational strategy and shop floor improvement efforts. Study the Process’s Operating Patterns.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

When China shut down operations in a bid to contain Covid-19, supply chains ran out of material. For example, one of the main problems with Asian-US trade is that all container ship deliveries are now routed to the West Coast, even though the bulk of America’s manufacturers are based on the East Coast. Use data to improve operations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 11, 2024

However, localising production in the UK permits quality control, safeguards against exchange rate volatility, and significantly reduces a company’s carbon footprint. Therefore by manufacturing in the UK, Palletower will reduce their emissions dramatically. This reduces the amount of plastic and energy used to mould the box.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 22, 2022

The fabricated metals industry operates with a low margin in a highly competitive market and material availability, production schedules and workforce skills must align to meet customer expectations. Challenge: The supply of raw materials and achieving optimum inventory levels. Solution: End-to-end supply chain visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

On the supply side, material shortages, staffing challenges, and shipping capacity constraints are all happening at the same time. Pop up warehouses, micro fulfillment centers, and warehousing-on-demand are all examples of how the nodes are becoming increasingly dynamic. Supply Chain Design has crossed the chasm after all!

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ShipLilly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

However, the sceptics are not convinced that this move is meant to provide price relief to customers and the anticipated bottom-line effects may not materialize. Others are of the view that this is nothing more than a public relations exercise without really dealing with spot capacity and price issues.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

For example, if speedy delivery is a part of your service strategy (which is often the case in today’s on-demand environment), you will either need to locate your warehouses close to customers, or close to the facilities of your preferred carriers. Your distribution strategy too, will have a bearing on network optimisation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

Moreover, this exercise might need to be repeated several times depending on how the war proceeds. For example, we can have “Texas Small Volume” customers and “Florida Peak Season” customers, or “East Coast High Margin” customers and “Carolinas High Priority” customers. Their time frame was short and resources limited.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

So, we had a very urgent need to have visibility to which suppliers around the world were providing goods, materials, and feedstock to other suppliers.”. BD has about 5000 suppliers that are delivering, components and materials that go into their products. The company had access to huge amounts of trade data, for example.

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WorkWave

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

From engaging with potential clients face to face to providing a tangible example of your product, learning how to sell door to door is a great skill to hone. . One effective strategy is to paint a vivid picture of solving a problem. Offering your product as a solution to a continuing problem is a sure-fire way to make a sale.

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GoShip Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

Materials, machinery, and other physical goods are all delivered through freight services, whether it is in-house or through third-party logistics. Manufacturers often rely on inbound freight to transport all the materials and machinery they need to produce their products. What is Inbound Freight?

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FreightWaves SONAR

MAY 14, 2024

Aggressive pricing/cost savings strategies have contributed significantly to creating a sustained volatility in the domestic transportation market. From a shipper’s perspective, transportation is a cost center, and the exercise of sourcing trucking capacity is not much different than that of procuring raw materials for production.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 5, 2020

With current events in mind, managing future supply chain disruptions will be an integral component of corporate strategy. Creating supply chain resilience is a holistic exercise that involves more than just a few savvy logistics people. How then to build a strategy? Lastly, consider materials. Risk Assessment.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

For example, drivers are expected to arrive on time, maintain docking schedules, and avoid dead time. However, you must exercise caution to make sure you do not damage your vendor-shipper relationship. For example, holiday forecasts in shipping are often used to add more workers to loading docks, shipping centers, and warehouses.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The companies that have been most successful with this business model are those, like Inditex (owners of Zara) and H&M, that have shortened their supply chains and secured direct control over design, production, and logistics, if not raw material supply.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Horizontal integration has become the go-to value chain strategy over the last two or three decades, to the point where companies that insisted upon remaining vertical became the outliers in a global field of distributed organisations. For Starbucks, vertical integration is a risk mitigation strategy. Retail outlets.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Golden Rule #1: Meaningful KPIs Require a Meaningful Strategy. I’ve written many posts on this blog about the importance of having a supply chain strategy aligned with the overall business plan, and why it is a mistake to have misaligned strategies. I’ve also described some of the issues that can arise from such an error.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2018

How technology can help increase visibility and reduce paperwork. Businesses that have end-to-end visibility of their supply chain are able to react to change more quickly and reduce the harmful effects of a breakdown somewhere along the way. Many companies source production in other countries as a means of reducing cost.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The new supply chain remedy born during the 1970s and 80s and refined over the years as globalization has materialized. This loss of focus can result in under performance and revenue reduction. For example, companies who have their own in house vehicle fleets often struggle to deliver products on time. How have the coped?

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Compactor Management Company

MAY 21, 2022

Some of the examples are as follows: Glass containers. Before going to the next step, all the glasses are checked for contamination and hazardous material. The first 2 stations sort the material unfit for recycling, usually light bulbs, cardboard, window frames, mirrors, aluminum cans , etc. What Type of Glasses Can be Recycled?

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 15, 2019

Many early examples have focused on warehouse management and product picking, but, as the technology improves and the range of products on the market increases, there is some evidence that the use of this technology could go much further. . As Irma Gilbert, business development manager at Liverpool-based technology start-up Connect 4.0

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

Looking to real-life examples for inspiration, we can ask, ‘Who does reverse logistics well?’ In a manufacturing plant, reverse logistics performance is tied to the money or materials that can be recovered cost-effectively from the returned product. A plan is necessary, possibly based on one of the following strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

That factory also aims to rapidly process the raw materials into product. Any shipment moving from Siloam Springs to Bentonville, Arkansas, for example, would be one lane. An RFP is a data intensive exercise. Once a chicken is processed, “the clock starts ticking,” Mr. Masters said. Then the clock starts ticking again.”

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 2, 2023

A product category like apparel, for example, has too many subcategories to be considered a niche. If you don’t have anything unique to talk about, then perhaps you should reconsider your product strategy. If you’re already knee deep in design iterations and fulfillment provider RFPs, we hope you’ve already gone through this exercise.

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FourKites

JANUARY 7, 2021

The COVID pandemic may have been an extreme example of what can go wrong, but it also underscored the importance of planning and decision-making in the event of sudden disruptions that upend the normal working of the complicated modern supply chain apparatus. Adopting Agile Supply Chain Management Strategies.

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Conger

MAY 28, 2021

And the results indicate that better training reduces operators’ errors. According to OSHA as well as many other experts, when errors are reduced, accidents are reduced as well. The instructor may give a lecture, show a PowerPoint slideshow, play videos, or host a question-and-answer exercise to discuss training topics.

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WorkWave

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, a home with natural light can help improve your mood and provide better sleep. For example, you might create a productivity space if you’re starting a home business. Think about home improvements that reduce noise, introduce natural light, and create opportunities for relaxation.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2017

You must have enough links properly connected to each other in your supply chain to deliver what your customer wants , starting from the raw materials at the other end. For example, customer demand for a product may suddenly rise. For example, the Disaster Recovery Journal indicates the main sources of business interruption.

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Conger

MAY 6, 2019

When it comes down to applying lean strategies, it’s not so easy. Toyota Material Handling U.S.A. Toyota Material Handling Mid South. “I That goes for the time wasting processes and the time saving processes alike.”. The whole purpose of Lean thinking is to identify and reduce waste. Shoppas Material Handling.

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