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Selling in Tough Times with Nick Strober and Melanie Flores

The Logistics of Logistics

She started up Corning’s optical fiber factory in the Charlotte, NC area, founded a popular kindergarten engineering design workshop based on a famous MIT course, and led the STEM coaching team serving 48 Easter Seals teachers across metro Atlanta.

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

We had the pleasure to speak with Willem Vesters, Liberty Global’s VP Global Supply Chain Planning, to learn more about their optimization journey. I worked at ING for a short period, then moved to Philips and subsequently I became the Supply Chain Planning Director for Office Depot in Europe.

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The 7 Principles of Warehouse and Distribution Centre Design

Logistics Bureau

Warehouse and distribution centre (DC) design is a fascinating and absorbing topic, but alas, is often misunderstood. Regrettably, few people fully understand the discipline of warehouse design and because of this, literally thousands of facilities are underperforming. One warning before I begin. For example: Why will it exist?

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The 7 Essential Warehouse Layout Design Principles

Logistics Bureau

Warehouse and distribution centre (DC) design is a fascinating and absorbing topic, but alas, is often misunderstood. Regrettably, few people fully understand the discipline of warehouse design and because of this, literally thousands of facilities are underperforming. Warehouse Design and Layout: 1. One warning before I begin.

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The Complete Supply Chain Acronyms & Abbreviations

Logistics Bureau

Like any industry, in Supply Chain and Logistics we have a lot of Acronyms and Abbreviations. 4PL 4th Party Logistics – A step beyond 3PL, 4PL providers manage the entire supply chain for a client. APS Advanced Planning Systems – Software tools that use complex algorithms to optimize supply chain planning.

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

We had the pleasure to speak with Willem Vesters, Liberty Global’s VP Global Supply Chain Planning, to learn more about their optimization journey. I worked at ING for a short period, then moved to Philips and subsequently I became the Supply Chain Planning Director for Office Depot in Europe.

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AnyLogic: the right tool for simulating your supply chain

Logistics Business Magazine

Some of these benefits include: Shorter design and development cycles with the ability to modify and re-test a model without the need to spend time and money building and testing multiple prototype iterations. The post AnyLogic: the right tool for simulating your supply chain appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.