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The Value of Logistics and Supply Chain Education!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Even though supply chains have been around since the beginning of time, the field of Logistics and Supply Chain education has only recently been considered in depth. Let’s discuss the value of Logistics and Supply Chain education. But it’s not as easy as, say, cutting inventory costs. COVID-19 could change that.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. Looks for Savings in Freight Broker Contracts. Container Imports Remain High.

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Getting the Education and Experience to Land a Job in Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The supply chain and logistics fields are among the fastest growing career fields. It’s possible to get an entry-level job without a degree, but an undergrad diploma with a major in business, economics, or logistics can lay the groundwork for landing a solid entry job. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Getting and Financing an MBA.

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Top Ten Tips to Boost Supply Chain Performance to Best in Class

Logistics Bureau

I’ll also be providing some step by step guides and tools on these at our Free Seminars Series in February and March, but more on that later. Look at how you are buying freight services and ask yourself two questions. Do you really need so much air freight or express freight? Here we go: Measuring the Right Stuff.

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Common Supply Chain Mistakes to Avoid

Logistics Bureau

At our seminars I often share case studies demonstrating the impact of not getting this right. By simply including logistics activity in the rating criteria for customer service surveys, more companies would realise that some of their customers are being over-serviced while others feel that customer service in logistics is poor.

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Why Your Supply Chain Isn’t Best in Class

Logistics Bureau

I’m actually going to go into each of these 8 Tips in a lot more detail at our next Free Breakfast Seminar. Most companies outsource some aspect of their Logistics. So if you are embarking on an Outsourced Logistics relationship, think about these key areas of communication: Your reasons for Outsourcing. All of them!

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Distribution in China takes a detour

Supply Chain Movement

Hence the companies Bugaboo and Foss have both faced considerable challenges, as they revealed during the recent ‘Supply Chain Opportunities in China’ seminar in Amsterdam on 24 June 2015. For example, no single logistics service provider has a distribution network resembling anything close to nationwide coverage. By Marcel te Lindert.

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