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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

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Are you looking for logistics management books? In this article, we will show you 5 books that'll help you learn logistics faster than any other logistics book. Logistics Book Ranking Factors To provide the book recommendations, first, we collect the name of the books that appear on Amazon.com.

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7 Best Supply Chain Books of All Time

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In this article, we rank books based on their influence, popularity, recency and practicality and then we come up with the list of the best supply chain books. Finding Best Supply Chain Books We've found that most recommendations for on the web are based on just personal opinion. A number of citations of the books are collected.

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7 Business Statistics Book CEOs Think You Should Read

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What is the best business statistics book in the age of big data? In this article, we will show you 7 business statistics books CEOs think you should read. Background Statistical thinking as in total quality management and six sigma has been around for quite some time.

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Podcast: Marcia Williams on Supply Chain Optimization and Digital Transformation

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Thanks to my background in finance and Six Sigma, I can start by asking what the baseline is, what is the agreed measurement of the baseline, and then we work towards improvement, and quantify again. And, no surprises here, I attach metrics so I can measure the baseline. You build your supply chain based on that.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

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There are two things Boeing and Airbus have in common, utilization of lean manufacturing system and strategic sourcing concept. However, the overall implementation of strategic sourcing is a bit different between the two companies. The secret behind its supply chain success is the use of Six Sigma approach.

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

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Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.