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How to Make Your Supply Chain More Resilient

Logistics Bureau

Just as your body needs multiple defense mechanisms to fight off illness, your supply chain needs various strategies to handle disruptions, whether they’re local supplier issues or global crises. Common examples of Supply Chain Disruptions So what are the main reasons that you need to consider supply chain resiliency in the first place?

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What are Reverse Logistics?

Logistics Bureau

Looking to real-life examples for inspiration, we can ask, ‘Who does reverse logistics well?’ For regulators and the public, reverse logistics may be judged by how safe and how green the process is, for example, recycling products instead of throwing them into a landfill. Reverse Logistics Strategy 1: Don’t do it!

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

With the justification aside, they next had us go through exercises calculating net present value and ROI for a hypothetical capital investment in tooling – as though a shop floor supervisor would do this at any point in the course of their job. Elimination of waste: Focus on adding value. Customer-driven. Management leadership.

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Build a Digital Playbook Beyond Scenarios to Thrive in Uncertainty

Logistics Viewpoints

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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Self-reliance and the sustainment of the force – logistics as the bedrock or quicksand of operations in a crisis

Logistics in War

While some aspects of this article may be dated, the article speaks to a range of issues directly relevant to national security in a post-National Defence Strategy age. Firstly, it recommended conducting realistic wargames and exercises to reflect threats and the capability of the logistics enterprise to respond.

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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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From Traditional to Fast Fashion Retail: The Supply Chain Transition

Logistics Bureau

Perhaps the most valuable IT solutions for competitive fashion retailing are enterprise resource planning (ERP) and product lifecycle management (PLM), along with the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) to feed real-time inventory data to these systems.