GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

We continue our top blog posts of 2014 from our main categories today by focusing on something at Cerasis we are experts in : Logistics. If you are familiar with the term logistics, then you undoubtedly know it conjures up a different meaning to different people , different countries, and different companies even. Read the full Post.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In his presentation, Matt discussed the future of supply chain optimization. This is all about the alignment of metrics and objectives. This is where companies need to question how to connect and collaborate with customers and partners. Fab summed up the vision at the end of his presentation: Think big and don’t settle.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Well, not just for benchmarking, but also for maximum visibility of your supply chain and logistics performance. How hard can that be?” Because you can find plenty of other articles on this blog and the Logistics Bureau blog if you’d like to peruse such lists. The Right KPI Mix: Cost and Service-Centric Metrics.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 21, 2018

As 2018 comes to an end, a quick thank you to all of our readers, followers, and sponsors for another great year of learning and conversation on Talking Logistics. Over $58,000: the amount of money our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure team raised in support of JDRF and its quest to turn Type 1 Diabetes into Type None. I like that.

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Locus

APRIL 18, 2023

Indonesia’s logistics market is expected to increase by 28.7 This presents a lucrative opportunity for logistics companies such as retail, e-commerce, and other logistics providers. Addressing these challenges necessitates a strong logistics solution. billion US Dollars by 2027.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2019

” Logistics professionals could adopt that statement as their motto. Half-a-decade ago, Apptricity analysts wrote, “In the world of supply chain and logistics management, perfection remains an elusive goal. “Logistics companies cannot afford not to be innovative,” he explains.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2017

Rather, it’s about winning the ongoing competition between shippers and third party logistics (3PLs) providers to secure those assets in order to maintain supply chain velocity. Next, align your service level expectations by rewarding outstanding performance and standardizing metrics about on-time delivery, invoice accuracy and communication.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2014

If you’re a supply chain or logistics executive and you’re looking for ways to improve as a leader this year, here are my five recommendations: 1. You have to equate the value proposition to metrics the CFO understands and cares about, such as working capital, cash flow, and other items linked to the company’s P&L and balance sheet.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Procurement presents an array of promising opportunities within numerous organizations, making it an exhilarating field. Given the involvement of third parties and the numerous consequential efforts in procurement, it becomes crucial to prevent any shortcomings in processes to ensure logistical success. What you will learn: Lesson 1.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 10, 2023

That’s why you need to ensure you’ve got systems in place to collect key data relating to purchasing, logistics, inventory, and sales. Either way, the first thing you should do is establish metrics and KPIs. Then present it to specific stakeholders that can action the change or that you need to be on board with it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Consumers are hitting the same software platform and code base to get turn-by-turn directions on how to travel from point A to point B. The software architecture allows the value to be measured and those metrics are visible to the customer and the Infor success team. Often a customer has limits on how much change they can accommodate.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It involves various activities, such as warehousing, inventory management, transportation, and logistics. To stay competitive in this challenging environment, distributors must stay abreast of new trends, advances, and changes in the supply chain and logistics landscape. Logistics KPI Dashboard Excel Template 4.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

Did you come up with any New Year’s resolutions to improve as a supply chain and logistics leader this year? From “5 New Year’s Resolutions for Supply Chain & Logistics Executives” originally published on January 14, 2014: 1. If you have your own list of resolutions, please post a comment and share. Ask “What are the risks?”more

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2023

Pros: Utilizes a hands-on approach with simulated problem-solving and team collaboration Offers a self-assessment document to assess your own S&OP process Keep track of how well you’re doing while you complete the learning goals. The information is presented in a simple and understandable way. Rating: Not provided.

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Supply Chain Cowboy

MARCH 1, 2015

But is your scorecard missing key metrics? It includes a free Excel template that you can modify to match exactly what metrics you want to measure. While some of these metrics might not apply to your business model, there’s definitely a few to add if they measure something important to you and your customers. Communication.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, is day two of our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. If you are still unsure about it, just think about how these benefits could boost your profit margins. Share This: Read More.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Walmart, for example, offers logistics services to competitors. This creates new revenue streams for Walmart, new flexibility in how it deploys its fleet, and additional capacity among carriers. The post Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Who would have thought that measuring the performance of supply chain processes like warehousing, procurement, or logistics could be so troublesome? Well, we know a few supply chain managers who, having made some of the mistakes covered by this article, would attest to the potential for difficulty.

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Locus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Dispatchers in logistics have much to learn from the modern NFL scouts and how they operate. These metrics prove to be an early indicator of the future success of NFL players. Similarly, a logistics business must invest in a high-end control tower system. The good players know where the ball is presently.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

business logistics amounts to 9.1% business logistics reflects the highest percentage of GDP in history. However, there is a need for more precise and comprehensive metrics to understand the full economic impact of supply chains. Understanding their contribution requires precise metrics and methodologies. The cost of U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Even though things seem to be going well (all of the meeting details are well-executed and the speaker is giving an energized presentation), the room is eerily quiet. The supply chain planning cannot be effective if implemented by a supply chain function that is focused only on customer service, logistics and distribution.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The Life Sciences SCM Summit breaks away from the traditional conference mould of a presentation-heavy session. Through interactive peer discussions, get up-to-date knowledge on: Theme One: End-to-end Supply Chain Metrics. Prior to that, we’ll have a series of mini-presentations (10-15 minutes) on each of the topics.

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Supply Chain Network

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

If you’re trying to figure out how to get more profitability from your E-commerce or Omni-Channel business you may want to look into this year’s Operations Summit in Cincinnati. I was surprised when I saw the content that was being shared and how relevant it is to what we’re facing right now. SCI Logistics.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

And that was the main point of the keynote presentation: to illustrate to all the stakeholders in the HBM ecosystem (producers, suppliers, contractors, and haulers) the possibilities and opportunities that exist to elevate the way they communicate, collaborate, and orchestrate (plan and execute) their processes.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 4, 2019

We don’t know how the machine works, so it’s not a surprise that when it’s broken, we don’t know how to fix it. Planners can only do so much, but what they do well is to make the best decisions possible when presented with all the data in a way that makes it easy to see what story the data is telling them. Data first.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

the biggest challenge supply chain and logistics professionals face today is not change, which is something they have always faced, but keeping up with the rapid pace of change across a variety of dimensions — technology, regulations, economic and political landscapes, demographics, and so on.

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Taulia

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In today’s challenging market, companies face multiple challenges, from shortages of crucial components to port congestion, high shipping costs, logistics delays and uneven customer demand. While every company will have different priorities, a number of metrics can be used to measure supply chain efficiency.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2017

In other words, manufacturers need analytics from point-of-sale systems, transportation metrics and more. Manufacturers need to be present to their customers after the sale because the level of customer service provided will be shared widely on social media. Lengthen the Buying Cycle Through Interaction.

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Veridian Solutions

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Constructive metrics. Focus on warehousing and logistics. Although this list excludes cybersecurity, it is essential to think about how each area presents a new security risk, as follows: Scalability requires ongoing development and testing of new processes, increasing cybersecurity risks. Higher functionality.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Learn how to organize your data operations in alignment with supply chain strategy. Today’s supply chains are increasingly complex, driving logistics operations to invest billions in systems to manage all the moving parts. It arrives from an array of sources, and it is presented in a variety of formats.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2013

I shake my head at most of the presentation materials that I see strategic consultants present on supply chain best practices. The only metric that we have improved through ten years of IT investments is the revenue/employee number. I am tired of buzzword bingo. The Supply Chain IS Business, Not a Department Within a Business.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 28, 2022

In this article, we break down what inventory KPIs entail, why they matter, and which metrics are most valuable for you to track. . Key performance indicators (KPIs) are the quantifiable metrics companies use to gauge their progress toward a specific goal. . Not sure what those metrics are? Stock availability.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2015

Editor's Note: As a third party logistics company with a focus on better Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) freight management, we have several shippers who are in the manufacturing industry. In today's post, we share 5 Golden Manufacturing Metrics that all manufacturing companies should understand to improve plant operations quality.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Supply chain visibility and big data are hot topics and everyone is trying to figure out how to extract and analyze the data they have for better visibility and decision making. This presents a great opportunity to reduce costs because the reality is that the difference between a standard overnight and a priority overnight or a next-day A.M.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

The demand planner must engage sales, marketing, finance, and logistics colleagues to gather the required data. While this task will draw heavily on the demand plan, the Supply Chain Head will also need to canvas input from the company’s finance, logistics, operations, and manufacturing functions. Here are five of them.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

So stated Ken Hughes , a leading consumer and shopper behaviouralist, in his keynote presentation at Trasnsplace’s 16th Annual Shipper Symposium a couple of weeks ago. It’s the reason why On Time In Full (OTIF) is a critical supply chain metric today. As I wrote about recently, disrupting logistics ain’t easy. Digital Freight.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 27, 2014

Students will learn core processes around initial exploration and assessment of supply chain relationships, establishing metrics/expectations for the relationship, crafting and managing contracts, and sustaining continuous performance improvement in sourcing, logistics and operations.

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