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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

Transportation against the clock. In Sorcerer (1977), drivers are tasked with transporting creates of explosive nitroglycerin through the South American jungle in two old trucks. Transport can be dangerous. This article was first published in Supply Chain Movement 14 – Q3 2014.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend). Of course, what happens in the U.S.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

In the article, Mary continues, “ Old theories can survive for a while. While the push in the back office was for efficiency–larger batch sizes, transactional processing, lower costs of transportation, and labor arbitrage strategies (Many companies outsourced the back office to India.)–the Each is very promising.

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Logistics Service Providers (LSP): 3PL vs 4PL vs 5PL

SCMDOJO

In this effort, Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) are essential because they provide a variety of supply chain management solutions that simplify warehouse operations, order processing, and transportation. A 2PL company will be based on equity, meaning that they will own the transportation vehicles.

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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. Transportation. 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. Warehousing.

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