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How Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment is Killing Kmart USA

Logistics Bureau

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. The Failing Kmart Business Strategy. The first Kmart store opened way back in 1962.

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Outsourcing transport and warehousing: How to be Successful

Logistics Bureau

Reduction in asset capital.Warehouses and vehicles are expensive to purchase or lease and can tieupmillions of dollars that could otherwise be invested in the core business of the firm. Amazingly, many companies have suffered after outsourcing decisions were made at an operational level, without due regard to the boards supply chain strategy.

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Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers

Logistics Bureau

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. 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. Customer behaviour.

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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. KPI dashboards and reporting: This is linked to tip #3 above.

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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

Logistics Bureau

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. There are several possible ways to eliminate this form of energy wastage.

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A Guide to Optimizing Your Inbound Freight Management 

GoShip Blog

How to Create an Effective Inbound Freight Management Strategy To ensure that your inbound freight systems are seamless and efficient, you will have to pour time and energy into implementing the new processes into your business. Exercise patience when asking freight providers to take on new lanes. Communicate in a timely manner.

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Total Supplier Performance Evaluation: More than a Suite of KPIs

Logistics Bureau

However based on observations made in the course of our consulting work, many organisations perceive it as a purely remedial or punitive exercise. For example, companies often make the mistake of ramping up performance evaluation only when one of their vendors begins to let them down. Why is this a mistake?