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Walmart again Raises Chargeback Stakes

Enterra Insights

Dan Sanker, president of logistics service provider CaseStack, told Smith and Nassauer, “Companies might have to track 30 major retailers and they’re all changing things.” Back in 2003, Zeiger wrote, “In some cases, [suppliers insist], the requirements are petty, arbitrary or even illogical. .” Footnotes. [1]

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) I never calculated and accounted for the inter-dependencies between metrics.

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Refresh Your Supply Chain – Have a Coke and a Smile

Supply Chain Network

In 2003, Coca-Cola enterprises began a five year, $200 million IT plan called Project Pinnacle. As part of this effort, they combined their logistics with the retail expertise of SAP software. How do they do it all? Always Adapting. This company stays on top of technology.

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How to Improve Net Promoter Score for Your Courier Company

Locus

Net Promoter Score is the metric that measures customer experience, satisfaction, and loyalty. The NPS score was first introduced by Fred Reichheld in 2003. All while accounting for the capacity, logistics, and business constraints and offers available time slots based on them. Without any delay, let’s jump right in!

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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained

Supply Chain Opz

2) Customize Logistics Network. When you segment a customer based on the service needs, you may have to tailor the different logistics networks to serve different segment. For example, if you were a contract manufacturer in China, you might already have different logistics networks for different customers.

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Dealing with Big Data

Enterra Insights

From the earliest starting point of time until 2003,” observes Priya Dialani ( @priyadialani ), founder of Les Fleurs, “the whole world just had five billion gigabytes of data. 2] Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, asserts big data already is an organization’s most valuable asset.

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