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Talent development essential for supply chain leaders

Supply Chain Movement

Managing factories and warehouses with a lot of employees demands leadership skills focused on routine, whereas connecting departments and supply chain partners actually requires creativity. This article was first published in Supply Chain Magazine February 2016 and is now brought to you by IMD Business School. >>Please

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Warehousing. At the beginning of this article, I stressed the importance of not having too many KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Inventory management. Transportation.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 14-18, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Here are more details from the article: In an email sent to shareholders last week and seen by The Loadstar, founder and chief executive Max Ward said the Hong Kong-based company had failed to raise enough capital to continue trading. req’d) Warehouse Availability Reached Lowest Point Since 2000 Last Year (WSJ – sub.