Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2022

It’s time to focus on how we innovate and optimize our businesses and operations in this permanently altered world. There are lively debates about the meaning and prioritization of scale, globalization, outsourcing, and inventory optimization. Changes in our lives, economies and supply chains are ubiquitous and well embedded now.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

Top Challenges Faced by Companies: Customer Preferences: Example: An online fashion retailer faces the challenge of constantly changing customer preferences. Supply side shifts: Example: A global coffee manufacturer experiences disruptions due to a natural disaster affecting one of its key suppliers in Brazil due to dry weather.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

The ongoing chip crisis since last year affecting 100+ industries is the best example: supply couldn’t meet the increased demand, which led to rising prices and shortages in computers, cars, and pretty much any other electronics product with chips. this experience has changed how we dress and exercise.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We often get asked what kind of return on investment you should expect to see when using our network design technology. While businesses differ in complexity and size, for this exercise we extrapolated based on these $7.5Bn baselines. Optimization ‘right sizes’ your network for each scenario. ” – Tweet this.

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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. It was a strategic/tactical analysis, disconnected from day-to-day operations, and the software tools were difficult to learn and use.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

More recently the technology has evolved to a point where such processes can be conducted at a faster cadence than a typical monthly cadence that was the norm. For example, forecasts are generated using the past three years of history, implicitly assuming history repeats. Does this mean at some point in time we move on from S&OP?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

Supply chain policies and configurations can be evaluated and then optimized across the likely ranges of demand, supply, disruptions, and financial drivers – providing the best plans across strategic and tactical horizons. An example is insight beyond your four walls to understand how tier one, two, three, etc.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics. “I would begin my shift at 2 p.m.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

For example, you don’t want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers’ needs. Ideally, though, evaluating your position against competitors should not solely be a KPI benchmarking exercise. Step 4: Identify Enabling Technology Needs. Start with the Software.

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CLX Logistics

APRIL 27, 2016

As digitization continues to modify the global supply chain landscape, its unprecedented data sources and solutions will lead to not only the demise of disparate information systems, but to the rise of true, end-to-end, supply chain visibility. Augment and Set Visibility Tools In Place. Improve lead times and performance.

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GoShip Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

So how do you optimize inbound freight management? Why should you optimize your inbound freight management? Your systems for inbound freight must be as seamless as possible. This system also ensures the timely delivery of your goods. This is why your inbound freight management must be smooth and foolproof.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Slotting a warehouse product is the same, for example, as placing your umbrella close to your front door at home, so it’s easy to pick it up and run when it’s raining, and you’re late for work. It also stands to reason that when you undertake a slotting exercise, you should think about it from the perspective of these activities.

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Envase Technologies

JULY 21, 2022

Obviously it also makes a big difference to manage other parts of the business well – avoiding dry runs, for example, and minimizing idling time. That being said, it’s not sustainable for a business long-term, so we urge small trucking companies to accelerate their cash flow so they can exercise the option of not factoring.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

So, for example, outsourcing sales activity is not typically a good idea if yours is a retail sales company. For example, US-based companies may be quite fortunate if they have access to manufacturers right on their doorstep in Mexico, a country with far lower labour costs than the rest of North America.

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AIMMS

MAY 13, 2019

It’s hard for us to accept that despite the progress made in forecasting technology – and the emergence of AI & ML – many products remain truly unpredictable when looking towards a longer horizon. Pursuing accuracy in a long – term planning exercise can bring a lot of unnecessary stress. – Tweet this.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Product slotting is a warehouse term that involves placing products in optimal locations within a warehouse to enhance operational efficiency. In larger pick to conveyor systems, picking activity can be balanced by zone, ensuring there is even product concentration and reduced congestion in pick zone. What is slotting?

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WorkWave

AUGUST 22, 2024

Offer Fast, Local Delivery Increase Your Profits by Using Software Benefits of Partnering with RouteManager Closing Thoughts 1. Explore Different Suppliers Shopping around for flowers and supplies is crucial for any florist aiming to optimize cost efficiency. Partner With Local Businesses 11. Start Using RouteManager!

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2021

One example is the shortage of citric acid, as it’s often used in vitamin or electrolyte drinks, even in soda. Plastics make every kind of product imaginable — from food packaging, appliances, smartphones, and car parts to exercise equipment and roller skates. Gain access to technology.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

On a world scale there are thousands of providers offering third-party services, yet there are only a handful of verylarge ones with the ability, network, systems and infrastructure needed for multinational customers. Performance is sub-optimal. It must be a joint exercise. This is a mistake.

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Sabinext

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Rapidly evolving technologies are making the market surrounding logistic solutions quite a competitive one, this is especially true for solutions that are built to ease the tense traffic situations in megacities. London, for example, accounts for 32 % of the UK’s national GDP produced by only 23 % of the population.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

One person’s supply chain career might be focused on the specific area of freight forwarding, for example, whereas another person’s might encompass end-to-end operational management from raw materials management to customer invoicing. Systems to track supply forecasts and flows can be very sophisticated. Workflow optimization.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Look at the Warehouse Layout Incidentally, while you evaluate the warehouse layout from a lighting perspective, it’s worth considering, in parallel, whether it’s also optimal for operational efficiency and productivity. Are our Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems Energy-Efficient?

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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. So a workable automated system will have the capability to weed out those parameters that don’t make sense — for example, a material that is prohibited in key markets.

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PINC

JANUARY 22, 2020

In this article, Yearling covers how with the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018/2019 to get ahead of impending tariffs, companies could combine flexible storage options with advanced technology to create an end-to-end supply chain solution that works.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

It includes some questions to answer in determining the number of warehouses required in a network, and their optimal locations. It’s also critical to know where materials are located within the system, and the status and location in the storage and handling equipment and medium. Some Tips for Multi-Warehouse Network Planning.

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ShipLilly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Some literature discusses the Facilities Information and Resources Management System (FIRMS). The facilities that have acquired a FIRMS code will be on the Automated Manifest System (AMS) and bonded accordingly. Being on either of these platforms makes it easier to transfer and process goods crossing borders.

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UL EHS- Sustainability

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It is essential to determine reasons for the poor performance; this valuable exercise is a systematic, methodical evaluation that leads to an actionable strategy to yield improved employee performance outcomes. Example: Testing an employee’s skills before and after the training to identify performance improvement.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

For example, you dont want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers needs. Ideally, though, evaluating your position against competitors should not solely be a KPI benchmarking exercise. For example: How much automation will you need in your warehouse(s)?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2017

Supply chain mistakes like the five common examples I’m about to reveal , all have the potential to handicap business performance—which is why your company should avoid them (or address them if it’s too late for avoidance). Inadequate technology tools used to support the process. A Lack of Freight-cost Knowledge.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. Established the strategic use of technology to gain supply chain efficiencies. So if you want to be sure of business success, review your supply chain strategy. Mini Case Study: Walmart.

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GoShip Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Some examples of CPGs are personal hygiene products, food, beverages, and cosmetics. Conditions such as the freight container’s temperatures and the care exercised during loading and unloading are carefully considered when transporting specialty goods. One such example is a Rolls Royce. What is Consumer Packaging?

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

A means of optimizing Supply Chain performance in which the manufacturer is responsible for maintaining the distributor’s inventory levels. 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. What is Value Analysis?

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Technology Services. They expand into an analysis of revenue-accruing & cost-optimizing functions, and result in the identification of capabilities that the organization aspires to develop or enhance. Let us take an initiative such as Inventory Optimization as an example. Publishing Resources Industries.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When we returned to Australia, I tasked an officer (who did not deploy with us) to take our War Diary and write a Command Post Exercise using the Battalion Ops Log to build in the many Lower and Higher Control problems with which unit operations staff would have to deal. Unwillingness to Regroup Assets. The proposal was denied.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 24, 2019

You have operations here and procurement over there and sales right here, for example. Each has its own mission and is focused on optimizing results in its silo only. That makes optimizing the supply chain very difficult if not impossible. Let me offer a couple of examples. What’s that and why is it important?

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Together with incredible technological innovation , the post war years yielded a mountain of demand for products. For example, companies who have their own in house vehicle fleets often struggle to deliver products on time. To assist your analysis, examples of industries are plotted on the matrix.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 21, 2016

That’s not to say that the following signs and symptoms are harbingers of disaster, but they should certainly prompt a distribution network design review, along with a modeling exercise to check if your outbound supply chain is maintaining that all-important balance between cost and service. Click To Tweet.

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